A salt-powered cooling breakthrough may help phase out high-warming refrigerants, boosting efficiency while cutting climate risks.

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The outer planets of the Solar System are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn’s moon Enceladus, are ...

Explore the revolutionary findings on why ice is slippery, revealing the role of electrostatic forces in creating a ...

Small icy moons in the outer reaches of our solar system may hide boiling oceans underneath their surfaces, a new study finds ...

Molecular Solids: Composed of individual molecules held together by relatively weak intermolecular forces (van der Waals ...

Across the world, a handful of cities have risen above others to become true capitals of fragrance, places where scents are ...

Emerging research suggests that when people consume microplastics from various sources, such as plastic water bottles, they ...

Wearable electronics could be more wearable, according to a research team at Penn State. The researchers have developed a ...

As glaciers and ice sheets retreat, they are exposing objects, organisms, and landscapes that have been locked away for ...

The so-called ionocaloric effect is also reversible. Removing ions from a system can heat it up. This phenomenon could ...

In the most remote settlement in Greenland, Hjelmer Hammeken’s life style has gone from something that worked for thousands of years to something that may not outlive him.