For more than 200 years, scientists have argued about a deceptively simple question: why does a sheet of frozen water let us ...

When you step onto an icy sidewalk or push off on skis, the surface can seem to vanish beneath you. For more than a century, ...

Advances in imaging and machine learning In their previous work, Hong's team, under the joint leadership of Prof. Limei Xu and Prof. Ying Jiang at Peking University, made significant strides toward a ...

Water may appear simple but behaves in ways that surprise even the world’s greatest scientists. A new international study has discovered that if it is put under extreme pressure—even at room ...

We usually think of ice as just frozen water. It is simple, solid, and cold. But water is a master of disguise. With just two atoms, hydrogen and oxygen, it can freeze into more than 20 different ...

Ice is a key component in the universe. There are frozen water molecules on comets, moons, exoplanets, and in your drink as you cool off from the summer heat. However, under the microscope, not all ...