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 and towns across Massachusetts are dealing with a rock salt shortage, and it’s coming at the worst time, as we have seen multiple rounds of winter storms in recent weeks.

And while road salt does serve its purpose of melting ice, once a fresh layer of ice forms, drivers are back in peril until salt trucks make their rounds again. To address these concerns ...

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 ...