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We humans are versatile and accomplished navigators, but insects might have navigation skills that are even better. For them, it’s literally a matter of life and death – and that’s why we decided to freeze some ants and beetles (don’t worry, they still survived) to learn more about how they remember their way home after … Read more
A model based on Earth’s oceans and atmosphere explains how Mars could have been cold and wet 3 billion years ago Space 17 January 2022 By Alex Wilkins Artist’s view of ancient Mars, with frozen ice sheets and glaciers flowing into the northern ocean NASA / USGS / ESA / DLR / FU Berlin (G. … Read more
“Ice cold” just got even colder: By creating ice from tiny droplets only a few hundred molecules in size, researchers have pushed water’s freezing point lower than ever before and changed what we know about how ice forms. Knowing how and why water transforms into ice is essential for understanding a wide range of natural … Read more
A unique experiment in a Canadian lake has found that the timing of when ice forms can have a big impact on the organisms that live in it the following year Life 1 December 2021 By Brian Owens A gap in the ice in Lake Louise, Canada, as it starts to melt in spring Julian … Read more
Scientists have just proven that the freezing temperature of water can be even lower than what we thought was possible. Taking tiny droplets of water, up to just 150 nanometers in size, a team of engineers at the University of Houston has pushed the critical temperature threshold to -44 degrees Celsius (-47.2 degrees Fahrenheit) – … Read more