Long thought to be completely disordered, space ice appears to have some crystallized regions, new research suggests.

This keeps the water molecules moving and prevents the crystals from growing larger. The mixing process also incorporates air, which is the secret ingredient to give ice cream a lighter texture.

Findings may have wide-ranging implications, from the origins of life to the characterisation of technological glasses ...

It's known that ice can 'remember' its previous structure; specifically, the order in which its hydrogen atoms have been arranged while in a crystalline state. That order can be retained even as ...

Scientists had assumed that the ice in space was purely amorphous, but new experiments show it can have a partly crystalline structure similar to ice on Earth.

Crystal clouds on a distant world may shimmer like sun dogs, hinting at exotic optics shaped by heat, wind, and starlight.

As the crystals form and grow upon the tiny particles inside the cloud, building upon the lattice-like structure of the water molecules, they gain weight and mass.

“Plastic phases are hybrid states that blend properties of both solids and liquids. In plastic ice, the water molecules form a rigid cubic lattice, as in ice VII, but exhibit picosecond ...

Researchers at Kumamoto University and Nagoya University have developed a new class of two-dimensional (2D) metal-organic ...

The ice in our freezers usually comes in one form, with its water molecules arranged hexagonally—which is why snowflakes always have six points. But up to 20 different variations of ice exist in ...