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Computer models of water show this, and a 2026 experiment reported seeing it in real water, but an independent confirmation is still missing.","posed_since":"1992","precise":"Determine whether $\\mathrm{H_2O}$ (and $\\mathrm{D_2O}$) has a first-order transition between a high-density liquid (HDL) and a low-density liquid (LDL) ending at a liquid-liquid critical point (LLCP), versus the singularity-free scenario, a critical point at negative pressure, or the stability-limit conjecture. The LLCP is established in several classical and machine-learned first-principles water models, and ultrafast heating of amorphous ice with X-ray scattering has reported a discontinuous-to-continuous crossover with critical fluctuations. 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