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When water is vigorously shaken the kinetic energy and, hence, the motion of the molecules increase. Which particular forms of energy do increase : the translational energy (is this the energy associated with the collision and the chaotic random motion of the water molecules ?) or also the...

Homeopaths assert that dilution of a medicinal substance in a water -alcohol mixture, followed by forceful shaking (called "succussion") would create a memory of that substance in the solution. Critics argue that shaking of liquid water is unable to create macroscopic order, as this would...