Researchers explain a new mechanism for ice formation. Ice can form near the free surface of a water droplet via small precursors with a structure resembling ice 0. These are readily formed by ...

Antarctica holds the record for the coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth, with Russia’s Vostok Station plunging to −128 ...

As surface air temperatures rise above 0°C, snow and ice cover melts, resulting in the appearance of snow/ice-free barren and vegetated areas. These newly exposed surfaces release increased amounts of ...

Now, researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the Abdus Salam International ...

Winter storms often bring the threat of ice accumulation, creating dangerous conditions for both driving and walking. One of the most hazardous forms is black ice, a thin, nearly invisible layer of ...

An international team of scientists has experimentally observed an unusual form of ice that could naturally occur on distant ...

Water frozen in the darkness of space doesn't appear to behave the way we thought. A new research effort using computer simulations and experiments to explore the most common form water takes in the ...

The formation of ice in the atmosphere is a fundamental process that underpins both cloud dynamics and precipitation. Ice nucleation, the initial step in ice formation, occurs when supercooled water ...

When scientists squeezed a drop of water between two diamonds to endure pressures tens of thousands of times higher than Earth’s atmosphere, something unexpected happened. The liquid solidified at ...

Every year, winter brings out a dangerous and deceptive hazard which surprises even the most experienced drivers.

Tokyo, Japan – Ice is far more complicated than most of us realize, with over 20 different varieties known to science, forming under various combinations of pressure and temperature. The kind we use ...