From stars to needles to amorphous globs, scientists are demystifying a snowflake’s complex construction, showing how factors such as temperature can influence their shape.

A study investigated the flow around the tip of a dendritic crystal in an inclined viscous flow, demonstrating that the angle of the flow significantly impacts the hydrodynamic conditions and ...

So the next time you spot these large, dendritic ice crystal formations, know that the air that contained the water vapor that created the frost was below freezing, and the water never had a ...