When materials become just one atom thick, melting no longer follows the familiar rules. Instead of jumping straight from solid to liquid, an unusual in-between state emerges, where atomic positions ...

The melting of materials seems like a simple phenomenon. However, when their thickness is reduced to just a few atoms, established rules waver. In this two-dimensional mode, new states emerge ...

Arizona currently has no active cloud seeding operations, although the Pinal County Water Augmentation Authority ran a test ...

No one can control the weather, but certain clouds can be deliberately triggered to release rain or snow. The process, known as cloud seeding, typically involves dispersing small silver iodide ...

Of the many political controversies spawned by this past year’s presidential election, one of the stranger episodes put a new spotlight on the idea of weather modification and conspiracies about human ...

Researchers uncover how the surface structure of silver iodide at the atomic scale triggers ice formation in clouds, improving understanding of artificial rain and snow. (Nanowerk News) No one can ...

When scientific rainmaking was invented in the U.S. in the late 19405, it seemed that at last man could do something about the weather. All over the world, commercial rainmakers armed themselves with ...