Sextillions of snowflakes fell from the sky this winter. That’s billions of trillions of them, now mostly melted away as spring approaches. Few people looked at them closely, one by one. Kenneth ...

In the iconic "Sound of Music" score, "My Favorite Things," a young Julie Andrews lists snowflakes as objects that bring her joy. While some people would rather avoid snowflakes and the slippery roads ...

Any snowfall can be a headache and all-out nuisance for many of us each winter. Yet Mother Nature's burden is also a wonder to behold. For photographer Nathan Myhrvold, capturing the beauty of ...

New research by chemist has shed new light on ice crystal formation by combining an electron backscatter with a large single crystal ice model. Scientists discovered that an ice crystal's flat sides ...

Up in the winter sky, water vapor in a cloud condenses into a droplet and freezes into a tiny bit of ice, with the water molecules bonding together as a hexagonal crystalline lattice with a six-fold ...

MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (May 10, 2017) - More than 400 years ago, renowned mathematician and scientist Johannes Kepler speculated about the creation of one of nature's most angelic and unique shapes ...

From table salt to snowflakes, and from gemstones to diamonds—we encounter crystals everywhere in daily life, usually cubic ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — In the midst of a frigid winter, a University at Buffalo expert is available to discuss one of the season’s great natural marvels: snowflakes. Jason Benedict, PhD, UB associate ...

With more smartphones equipped with macro lenses, you no longer need to haul around a big camera to capture decent views of delicate snowflakes. Look for where they tumble down across cold windshields ...

How does ice form in winter? It is generally known that ice forms a hexagonal ring structure, as can be seen in beautiful snowflake crystals. However, a joint US-China research team has revealed that, ...