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Researchers have developed a novel method to detect and study how ice forms in mixed-phase clouds, significantly boosting scientists' ability to forecast weather and model climate change.

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Decoding nanomaterial phase transitions with tiny drums Date: March 16, 2025 Source: Delft University of Technology Summary: When water freezes into ice or boils into vapor, its properties change ...

Physicists with the U.S. Department of Energy have discovered a new phase of matter—and, with apologies to George R. R. Martin, it's something of "a song of ice and fire.". The duo from the ...

The emergence of eukaryotes as an evolutionary algorithmic phase transition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2025; 122 (13) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2422968122 Cite This Page : ...