A Spanish scientist believes he has finally solved a longstanding mystery about ice that causes the different shapes ice crystals form.

The ice in a domestic freezer is remarkably different from the single crystals that form in snow clouds, or even those formed ...

A student playing around with fluids and magnetic materials in the lab may have accidentally found an "exception" to the laws of thermodynamics, according to the authors of a new paper based on his ...

A container of oil and water separated by a thin skin of magnetized particles has intrigued a team of chemical engineers by taking on an unexpected 'Grecian urn' shape upon agitation. "I thought 'what ...

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