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Curiosity Corner: Why does ice float on water?
6+ hour, 10+ min ago (37+ words) Discover the fascinating science behind why ice floats on water, a critical phenomenon that enables life to thrive on Earth. Understand the role of density, hydrogen bonds, and the environmental impact of floating ice in our ecosystems....
Explained: Why ice is really slippery (and why 200 years of physics just changed) |
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (337+ words) Science News: Explore the revolutionary findings on why ice is slippery, revealing the role of electrostatic forces in creating a self-lubricating layer. This new insight challenges centuries of understanding and has implications for winter safety and technology. For nearly two…...
A ‘river’ on Saturn's frozen moon? Why Titan’s 20-year-old photo is still shrouded in mystery
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (506+ words) Trending News: A puzzling image from the Huygens probe's 2005 Titan landing, showing river-like channels, continues to intrigue scientists....
Scientists just discovered a new kind of ice ‘XXI’ and it’s nothing like the one in your freezer |
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (519+ words) Science News: Researchers have discovered that water, under extreme pressure, can freeze and melt through multiple unexpected pathways, forming new, short-lived ice...
Why scientists are rethinking how gold was made: Magnetars may be the universe’s first cosmic goldsmiths |
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (477+ words) Science News: Scientists now believe highly magnetised neutron stars, or magnetars, are a significant source of gold and other heavy elements, challenging the long-...
Hydrogen can make water on alien worlds: A study just rewrote how planets form oceans |
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (433+ words) Science News: Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars....
Hydrogen can make water on alien worlds: A nature study just rewrote how planets form oceans |
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (433+ words) Science News: Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars....
‘Seeds of life’ discovered in deep space ice far beyond our galaxy |
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (525+ words) Science News: The James Webb Space Telescope has detected complex organic molecules, the building blocks of life, in ice around a young star outside our galaxy....
How icy organics in the universe may unlock the origins of life |
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (402+ words) Science News: Scientists have detected complex organic ices around a young star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, marking the first such discovery beyond the Milky Way In a corner of the sky far beyond our own galaxy, scientists have found…...
Chemistry Nobel Prize winner Susumu Kitagawa reveals Japanese research mindset: 'Don’t switch off the light, even…' |
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (366+ words) Science News: Professor Susumu Kitagawa, the 2025 Chemistry Nobel laureate, attributes his groundbreaking work on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to a Japanese rese What drives a scientist to pursue a discovery that almost everyone else believes is impossible? For Japan's 2025 Chemistry Nobel…...