Researchers create Plastic Ice VII the fourth form of water with QENS. Researchers at France’s Institute Laue-Langevin performed an experiment to form plastic ice VII. Applying pressures of 6 gigapascals (about 60,000 times atmospheric pressure on Earth) and heating water to temperatures of up to 327°C (620°F), scientists managed to create this long-hypothesized substance. The discovery reaffirms a forecast 17 years ago that hydrogen atoms in Ice VII move abnormally on heating and compression. Contrary to what was initially estimated, the hydrogen atoms do not show the conventional \”free rotor\” type of motion but instead display a different mechanism of molecular rotation. The research not only illuminates the peculiar characteristics of water but also indicates that such complex molecules like water can be and act significantly differently under aggressive extraterrestrial conditions. This unusual phase of water may occur in the innermost parts of planets and moons within our own solar system and elsewhere, with the potential to affect the conditions for life or the possibility of habitability on these alien worlds.