Ever since the inception of The North Face brand in 1966, its function-forward designs have remained a household name—and for ...

Winter signifies the return of Harvard’s most humiliating extreme sport: trying not to slip on ice while getting to class.

Throughout New York, up to a tenth of an inch of ice is predicted by varying times of the day on Thursday. Here's what to expect.

Researchers from the University of Minho in Portugal started with silicone rubber polymer and added zirconia nanoparticles to make the material attract water molecules. After they rolled the composite ...

Ice on the roads could lead to dangerous to "impossible" travel conditions at times, the Weather Service warned. Here's what ...

Essentially, the tufts of tiny hairs on gecko feet get so close to the contours in walls and ceilings that electrons from the ...

Traditional anti-slip materials, such as natural rubber, repel water. But on ice, this approach can backfire. The pressure ...

Stuffed porpoise stomachs and blood custard for the rich, pickled carrots for the poor, and ale for all. Europeans in the ...

Geckos are able to maintain a grip on wet surfaces not because their toe pads repel water, but because they attract it. A new ...

A solution to injuries from slips and falls may be found underfoot—literally. The footpads of geckos have hydrophilic ...

Regularly transitioning between two paces requires specific aspects in running shoes. Here’s what to look for and which shoes ...

A solution to injuries from slips and falls may be found underfoot -- literally. The footpads of geckos have hydrophilic (water-loving) mechanisms that allow the little animals to easily move over ...