How does ice form in winter? It is generally known that ice forms a hexagonal ring structure, as can be seen in beautiful snowflake crystals. However, a joint US-China research team has revealed that, ...

In the iconic "Sound of Music" score, "My Favorite Things," a young Julie Andrews lists snowflakes as objects that bring her ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Snowflakes form when a cold water droplet freezes onto particulates (like dust or pollen) in the atmosphere, creating an ice crystal. As the ice crystal falls through the sky, ...

This is the most common crystal structure of water ice. Oxygen (red sphere) are located in a hexagonal configuration, similar to a honey comb. Each oxygen ion is bound to neighboring protons (white ...

Bright patches of light, known as sun dogs, appear when sunlight bends through hexagonal ice crystals in high-altitude clouds. These dazzling displays ...

Scientists have for the first time recorded complicated structures in ice formed by freezing liquid water at the nanoscale. (Nanowerk News) You’d think there’s nothing surprising left to discover ...