As a boy growing up in rural Illinois, Curt Jones always loved playing with his food. Fascinated by the curious combination of science and sugar, Jones relished the process of hand-cranking his ...

Everyone knows ice is great for chilling drinks on a hot summer day. But what if the same idea could help cool entire buildings and ease pressure on the power grid? That’s the promise of “ice ...

Nary a soul can recall a walk through their favorite movie theater, food court, or theme park without passing the unassuming coolers promising the siren call of delicious innovation. There was a time, ...

In the heart of Hamilton, Ohio, there exists a pink and turquoise time machine disguised as an ice cream stand – Sweden Creme, where banana splits aren’t just desserts but architectural marvels that ...

It’s like a subterranean Rorschach test – what you see says more about you than the formations themselves. One person’s “majestic column” is another’s “giant cave carrot.” The “Ice Cream Parlor” ...

The single crystals currently used in semiconductors, electronic devices, and optical devices can't take the heat. This is ...

Every once in a while, you may look up toward the sun and see strange bright lights on either side of it. Or perhaps you'll ...

Give your homemade ice pops a major texture upgrade that helps them freeze smoothly with this pantry staple you probably ...

Painted turtle hatchlings undergo freezing during the winter. Thanks to supercooling, these turtles emerge healthy and ...

Typically, slow-melting, clear ice is a classic fixture at cocktail bars and has plenty to do with how ice is frozen. Using a ...

If you are both a coffee and an ice cream lover, then it’s tough to beat coffee ice cream! It was my first love even as a ...

Global Distribution and Formation Efficiency of Cirrus Clouds from Different Mechanisms (a) The frequency of the different cirrus cloud formation mechanisms. (b) The frequency of formation efficiency ...