For nearly two centuries, textbooks blamed icy spills on pressure and friction, but new simulations tell another story. The ...

For more than a century, scientists have debated why ice stays slippery, even well below freezing. The most common ...

For over a hundred years, schoolchildren around the world have learned that ice melts when pressure and friction are applied. When you step out onto an icy pavement in winter, you can slip up because ...

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For centuries, people believed ice was slippery because pressure and friction melted a thin film of water. But new research from Saarland University reveals that this long-standing explanation is ...

Homeowners are responsible for clearing their sidewalks. Excessive salt harms the environment and should be used cautiously. After an onslaught of snow this week, Michiganders may be experiencing an ...

The reason we can gracefully glide on an ice-skating rink or clumsily slip on an icy sidewalk is that the surface of ice is coated by a thin watery layer. Scientists generally agree that this ...

When thinking of winter fall accidents, the first scenes that come to mind are slips on snowy or icy roads. In fact, slip-and ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The legal forecast looked bleak for Gary Palazzo after a judge threw out his personal-injury lawsuit, ruling he failed to prove he fell on ice outside a Concord home. But the ...

The icy conditions have meant an increase in slip and fall accidents, with many urgent cares, doctors and emergency rooms seeing more cases. (Dec. 15, 2025) ...

This is part of a series of articles discussing safety and security for Purdue's West Lafayette campus. Each winter snowy and icy conditions lead to serious injuries — broken hips, broken arms and ...

AS winter weather locks in and sidewalks turn slick, Americans looking to avoid painful slips can do so by tossing ...