From invisible ink to DIY rockets: Five home experiments that feel like magic; until science explains them

Step into the hidden science lab in your kitchen with five easy experiments that explain refraction, surface tension, ...
Nanowerk

Floating on Water: Paper Clips and Surface Tension

Discover the amazing properties of water's surface tension as you make metal paper clips float on water. You'll learn about the forces that hold water molecules together and how insects like water ...
Science Daily

A rare form of ice at the center of a cool new discovery about how water droplets freeze

Researchers explain a new mechanism for ice formation. Ice can form near the free surface of a water droplet via small precursors with a structure resembling ice 0. These are readily formed by ...
New Atlas

Robotic water strider is propelled by surface tension – and alcohol

Water striders harness it by secreting water-insoluble compounds called lipids, creating a surface tension imbalance that pulls them forward. Led by Asst. Prof. Hassan Masoud, a team at Michigan ...