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Felix Hoeniker, who invents a substance "ice-nine" that can freeze water at room temperature.

Donald Kaul: The Dangers of Nuclear 'Ice-Nine' Donald Kaul 2011

But nuclear energy is our Frankenstein monster, which might prove as uncontrollable as ice-nine.

Donald Kaul: The Dangers of Nuclear 'Ice-Nine' Donald Kaul 2011

This leads him to the children of Dr. Felix Hoenikker, one of the inventors of the A-bomb who, as it turns out, later created ice-nine, a substance capable of freezing the entire world.

Greg Mitchell: Writers and The Bomb: Novel Takes on the Nuclear Age Greg Mitchell 2011

"Cat's Cradle," too, from 1963, was a recognizable apocalypse story, in which the world comes to an end through one disastrous invention, "ice-nine," a crystal that sets off a chain reaction in all the water of the world, including the water in human bodies.

And So It Went Tom Shippey 2011

Felix Hoeniker, who invents a substance "ice-nine" that can freeze water at room temperature.

Donald Kaul: The Dangers of Nuclear 'Ice-Nine' Donald Kaul 2011

But nuclear energy is our Frankenstein monster, which might prove as uncontrollable as ice-nine.

Donald Kaul: The Dangers of Nuclear 'Ice-Nine' Donald Kaul 2011

I put down my book, and thoughts of ice-nine completely left my mind as I placed my hands palms down on the bright blue plastic of the folding table, anticipating something, something loud and awful, but not sure what.

All Falls Down 2009

Possible candidates for an LHC apocalypse include a micro black hole, a magnetic monopole, the incredibly cool vacuum metastability event, or the creation of a strangelet, which could in turn result in an "ice-nine" disaster scenario.

Large Hadron Malarkey Greg Tannahill 2008

Possible candidates for an LHC apocalypse include a micro black hole, a magnetic monopole, the incredibly cool vacuum metastability event, or the creation of a strangelet, which could in turn result in an "ice-nine" disaster scenario.

Archive 2008-09-01 Greg Tannahill 2008

A 'ice-nine' event could occur if we create a strangelet on Earth.

Question on Strangelets Steven Barnes 2008