Students give presentations during the “President’s Innovation Challenge” at UNLV in Las Vegas Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Nine student teams competed for $25,000 as they submitted solutions to Southern Nevada’s biggest challenges.

Building new ideas to move Las Vegas forward. UNLV hosted the first competition where student teams pitched their business ideas.

Water ice is water ice, you might say. Okay, you have rockets, pear ice creams and so on. But if you freeze nothing but pure water—that is, molecules made up of one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms—you simply get ice—right?

Water ice is water ice, you might say. Okay, you have rockets, pear ice creams and so on. But if you freeze nothing but pure water—that is, molecules made up of one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms—you simply get ice—right?

Student says new form of ice could potentially be from outer space.

Student says new form of ice could potentially be from outer space.

On this episode of Cheddar Innovates: Astronauts, get your warm drinks ready. Scientists say they've discovered a new form of ice that could exist on a distant planet.

On this episode of Cheddar Innovates: Astronauts, get your warm drinks ready. Scientists say they've discovered a new form of ice that could exist on a distant planet.

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

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.