Nestled in a nondescript strip mall on the outskirts of Anchorage, Rusty Raven Uniques is the kind of place that makes you do ...
A study in the journal Science Advances reveals how polar bears manage to get wet in the cold without their fur freezing.
Essentially, it's Mother Nature's Teflon. "We found that when you had unwashed, greasy polar bear fur, it didn't stick that strongly at all," said Julian Carolan, a PhD student at Trinity College ...
Essentially, it's Mother Nature's Teflon. "We found that when you had unwashed, greasy polar bear fur, it didn't stick that strongly at all," said Julian Carolan, a PhD student at Trinity College ...
This experiment showed that the ice adhesion of unwashed polar bear fur is exceptionally low. While the often-accepted ...
JONATHAN LAMBERT, BYLINE: Nanophysicist Bodil Holst got interested in studying polar bear fur while watching a German quiz show. BODIL HOLST: In that quiz show, I learned that polar bears are ...