Science News from research organizations  The Secret Nature Of
Hydrogen Bonds  January 21, 1999 American Institute Of Physics A
US-France-Canada physics collaboration has unambiguously
confirmed for the first time the controversial notion--first
advanced in the 1930s by famous chemist and Nobel Laureate Linus
Pauling--that the weak "hydrogen" bonds in water partially get
their identity from stronger "covalent" bonds in the H2O
molecule. As Pauling correctly surmised, this property is a
manifestation of the fact that electrons in water obey the
bizarre laws of quantum mechanics, the modern theory of matter
and energy at the atomic scale.  COLLEGE PARK, MD--A US-France-
Canada physicscollaboration has unambiguously confirmed for the
firsttime the controversial notion--first advanced in the1930s
by famous chemist and Nobel Laureate LinusPauling--that the weak
"hydrogen" bonds in waterpartially get their identity from
stronger "covalent"bonds in the H2O molecule. As Pauling
correctlysurmised, this property is a ma