The ice in a domestic freezer is remarkably different from the single crystals that form in snow clouds, or even those formed ...

For years, researchers have provided contradictory evidence about the “premelting film” of ice, its thickness and whether it ...

Efforts to probe the physics of systems removed from equilibrium date back to Maxwell himself. But recent progress has renewed interest in the endeavour — a trend highlighted by this Insight, ...

As systems and devices become ever smaller, we're increasingly being forced to reconsider ideas we've relied on for decades. Unsurprisingly, this can be quite an undertaking — and none more so, ...