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 ...

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 XXI” is an entirely new phase of ice with a crystal structure that’s more complex than the ice found on Titan or Ganymede. Reading time 2 minutes For something so common to our daily lives, there ...

Sea ice was visible in the Arctic Ocean along the coast of Utqiaġvik, Alaska, on Aug. 2, 2024. A tool developed by researchers at Penn State identifies seismic activities linked to different types of ...