In this experiment, you'll discover how salt can help a string stick to ice. This simple demonstration shows how salt affects ice's freezing point and creates an unexpected result that seems to defy ...

With heavy snow, rain and then ice earlier this week, around western Massachusetts and throughout New England, many store shelves are empty of rock salt or de-icer. Even municipalities are running ...

Cities such as Springfield, Holyoke and Worcester struggled to stay ahead of the ice after temperatures dropped and slush and rain froze Sunday. Some couldn’t replenish their salt piles fast enough.

With heavy snow, rain and then ice earlier this week, around western Massachusetts and throughout New England, many store shelves are empty of rock salt or de-icer. Even municipalities are running ...