No One Knows Why Ice Is Slippery

From Cleo Abram.

We actually don’t know why ice is slippery. Seriously!

We know that there’s a tiny liquid layer that acts as lubricant on the surface of ice and that lets us slide across it, but scientists have been debating where that layer comes from for two centuries.

Now, there’s a new theory…

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/1plj-7p4z

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