These weird, thin ice crystals are springy and bendy
Scientists grew nearly defect-free fibers of frozen water with counterintuitive properties
![microscope image of a thread of ice](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/070721_EC_bendy-ice_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
A tiny thread of ice (shown in a microscope image) can bend into a curve and spring back to its original shape when released.
P. Xu et al/Science 2021