Polar hair hair oil has natural non-stick qualities that help these animals from getting stuck on ice, says PhD candidate ...

Preventing ice buildup in extreme temperatures has long vexed industries from aviation to energy, but a new study suggests ...

A study in the journal Science Advances reveals how polar bears manage to get wet in the cold without their fur freezing.

White fur, blubbery skin, sharp claws. Polar bears seem perfectly adapted to their ... provide a solution to the long-standing icing issue without causing” harm, said Manish Tiwari, a ...

“Unwashed, greasy hair made it much harder for ice to stick. In contrast, when the polar bear hair was washed and the grease largely removed it performed similarly to human hair, to which ice sticks ...

Polar hair hair oil has natural non-stick qualities that help these animals from getting stuck on ice, says PhD candidate Julian Carolan. (© Kieran McIver / Polar Bears International) Polar bears ...

The animals spend their lives in cold climates, sometimes rolling around in snow, but walking away without any of it clinging to their fur. After researching, scientists found that a polar bear's ...

How can this be?’ A physicist, Holst normally doesn’t think about polar bears. But about five years ago, she was watching a German television program that mentioned the Arc ...