Conventional wisdom is that ice is slippery because it has a thin layer of water on top, but new research suggests something ...

When you step onto an icy sidewalk or push off on skis, the surface can seem to vanish beneath you. For more than a century, ...

Residents in northern Scotland have been told to expect a further 5-10cm of snow - Jeff J Mitchell/ People should beware of ...

The illustration shows what happens on the surface of ice when another object, such as skis, ice skates or shoe soles, comes into contact with it: the previously orderly crystal structure of the water ...