“It’s pretty spectacular.” “People have tried to understand how [the bacteria] control ice nucleation and they’ve done theoretical and computational studies,” says Weidner. “And ...

The simulations predicted that further assembling around 35 bacterial proteins into larger domains was key to reach the ice-nucleating performance of Ps. syringae, with a nucleation temperature of ...

MANOUSH ZOMORODI: Cindy, I wonder if you could tell us– some of the reading I did, talked about this idea ice nucleation. You have worked with bacteria in cloud chambers. Does this mean that bacteria ...

The team found that this ice nucleation protein ... water could inform science beyond the slopes. In gardens, the bacteria can wreak havoc on frost-sensitive plants. And ice-forming bacteria ...

Meister and Molinero have been working together to unravel the secrets of nature’s best snow makers — bacteria and fungi whose proteins interact with water in ways that promote ice nucleation. Many of ...

Water is everywhere and comes in many forms: snow, sleet, hail, hoarfrost, and so on. However, despite water being so ...

Lengthening the simulated proteins increased the nucleation temperature, which plateaued after a certain length. The simulations predicted that further assembling around 35 bacterial proteins into ...

Scientists first spotted biological ice nucleation in the 1970s when studying the bacteria Pseudomonas syringae, a plant pathogen that causes multiple diseases in crops. Along with other species ...

The simulations predicted that further assembling around 35 bacterial proteins into larger domains was key to reach the ice-nucleating performance of Ps. syringae, with a nucleation temperature of ...