Ice surfaces have a thin layer of water below its melting temperature of 0 degrees Celsius. Such premelting phenomenon is important for skating and snowflake growth. Similarly, liquid often ...

Water may appear simple but behaves in ways that surprise even the world’s greatest scientists. A new international study has ...

Anyone who has experienced freezer burn knows that ice crystals can be a problem at low temperatures. Ice crystals' jagged ...

Some parts of the U.S. see well over 100 inches (2.5 meters) of snow per year. Edoardo Frola/Moment Open via Getty Images The thought of snow can conjure up images of powdery slopes, days out of ...

When biological material is frozen, cryoprotectants are used to prevent the damage associated with the formation of ice during the freezing process. New polymeric cryoprotectants are emerging, ...

Ice cream seems like a simple concept. Take some dairy, add some sugar and flavors and freeze. But to get a perfectly creamy, smoothly textured frozen treat, we need more than just a low temperature — ...