Linfield University physics professor Michael Crosser explains what makes ice slippery, and why different winter Olympic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New simulations show ice stays slippery in deep cold because its crystal structure breaks down under motion, not because it melts.

For more than 200 years, scientists have argued about a deceptively simple question: why does a sheet of frozen water let us glide, skid and fall so easily. Now a new generation of simulations and ...

You'll want to turn off your EV's regenerative braking before heading out in slippery weather.

Pressure, frictional heating and a disordered layer of molecules on top of the ice make skating possible ...