Researchers found compounds produced in polar bear skin that were as ice resistant as PFAS, offering potential novel ...

A photo of a polar bear sleeping in a bed of flowers in the Arctic won the 2024 Nature Photography Contest, the competition ...

An international team of scientists unlocked the anti-icing secret of polar bear fur, a discovery that could revolutionize ice-repellent technologies. The study, published as the cover story in ...

Have you ever wondered why a polar bear’s fur doesn’t freeze? CNN’s Randi Kaye examines new research highlighting the benefits of their greasy fur and how it could be applied to future anti-icing ...

Our work shows that polar bear fur provides an alternative strategy to produce an anti-icing surface based on the characteristic blend of lipids present in their fur sebum or hair grease.

When the team washed the hair, it largely lost its anti-icing properties. "We realized that this was down to polar bear hair grease, effectively," Holst says. The team then did a suite of ...

Julian Carolan says researchers are looking at polar bear grease because it repels ice. That property could help replace the harmful forever chemicals currently used in non-stick cookware.

When the team washed the hair, it largely lost its anti-icing properties. "We realized that this was down to polar bear hair grease, effectively," says Holst. The team then did a suite of ...

When the team washed the hair, it largely lost its anti-icing properties. "We realized that this was down to polar bear hair grease, effectively," says Holst. The team then did a suite of molecular ...