One particularly intriguing phase of confined water is called the “premelting state.” In this unusual condition, water appears to hover between freezing and melting simultaneously, resisting ...

Water, though familiar, still hides astonishing secrets. When squeezed into nanosized channels, it can enter a bizarre ...

Despite being one of the most familiar substances on Earth, water holds many secrets that scientists are still working to ...

Scientists have for the first time recorded complicated structures in ice formed by freezing liquid water at the nanoscale.

UPTON, NY — As part of the quest to form perfectly smooth single-molecule layers of materials for advanced energy, electronic, and medical devices, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's ...

Researchers have shared new insights into melting icebergs and lake ice formation. Eric Hester has spent the last three years chasing icebergs. A mathematics graduate student at the University of ...