Unique shape: an iceberg near Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean. (Courtesy: Andrew Shiva/CC BY-SA 4.0) New experiments with ice blocks have revealed that icebergs melt faster on their sides. The ...

Melting ice in the Arctic is causing an increasing amount of freshwater to enter the North Atlantic, which is expected to ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - We don't have to tell anyone that it's hot outside. But, we wanted to do a little experiment to demonstrate what the heat is capable of doing. So, we glued 48 Crayola ...

Researchers have conducted a basic chemistry experiment in what is perhaps the world's smallest test tube, measuring a thousandth the diameter of a human hair. Researchers at The University of Texas ...

A colorful experiment! We're taking a red-hot metal ball and pressing it directly into a pile of standard wax crayons.Watch as the intense heat instantly melts the wax, creating a vibrant and chaotic ...

The friction on fault planes that controls how rocks slide during earthquakes decreases significantly as a result of complex fault-lubrication processes involving frictional melting. Fault friction ...

These virtual experiments are optimized for high school students, but anyone can learn the basics of materials science and engineering. They simulate basic materials experiments used by scientists and ...

The homologous temperature of a crystalline material is defined as the ratio between temperature and the melting (solidus) temperature (Tm) in Kelvin. Because Tm of a crystalline material is ...