It’s easy to imagine that water must be one of best understood materials in science. After all, this liquid is possibly the best studied substance on Earth. But the truth is that many of its ...

Scientists just broke the record for water's freezing point. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "Ice cold" just got even colder: By ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- If you ever left a bottle of water in a car or outside when temperatures were below freezing, you may have seen it turn from a liquid to ice almost instantly. What happens to ...

Water freezes at 0° C (32° F) and boils at 100° C (212° F) at sea level, right? Normally, yes. But researchers at MIT have found that, when contained inside the tiny cavities of carbon nanotubes, ...

That's not to say that cooling has no effect on oils, and they do become more viscous as their temperatures are lowered. They ...

File this under "counterintuitive:" Under certain conditions, scientists and curious folks alike have observed hot water freezing faster than cold water. This effect is more than just surprising. It ...

The Solar System has proved a surprising place, and perhaps one of the biggest surprises is that Earth isn't the only world with liquid water on its surface. Sure, there's a tiny bit that temporarily ...