Wait, wasn't this the plot to that one Kurt Vonnegut novel?

Researchers say they've cooked up the elusive form of ice using crushing pressure and lasers.

Researchers say they've cooked up the elusive form of ice using crushing pressure and lasers.

Thought when it came to ice, there's just ice? Think again: Researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas discovered a new form of ice, they announced last week.

Thought when it came to ice, there's just ice? Think again: Researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas discovered a new form of ice, they announced last week.

UNLV researchers have discovered a new form of ice, redefining the properties of high-pressure water.

UNLV researchers have discovered a new form of ice, redefining the properties of high-pressure water.

The findings could have implications for our understanding of distant, water-rich planets.

The findings could have implications for our understanding of distant, water-rich planets.

A team of scientists working in UNLV's Nevada Extreme Conditions Lab pioneered a new method for measuring the properties of water under high pressure. The water sample was first squeezed between the tips of two opposite-facing diamonds—freezing into several jumbled ice crystals. The ice was then subjected to a laser-heating technique that temporarily melted it before it quickly re-formed into a powder-like collection of tiny crystals.

A team of scientists working in UNLV's Nevada Extreme Conditions Lab pioneered a new method for measuring the properties of water under high pressure. The water sample was first squeezed between the tips of two opposite-facing diamonds—freezing into several jumbled ice crystals. The ice was then subjected to a laser-heating technique that temporarily melted it before it quickly re-formed into a powder-like collection of tiny crystals.

The scientists made Ice-VIIt in the lab by squeezing water at a pressure more than 50,000 that found at sea level.