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.

You probably know polar bears as the big white animals roaming the Arctic, but there’s a lot about them that doesn’t make it ...

To test how well the animals’ fur resists icing, researchers froze blocks of ice to samples of washed and unwashed polar bear ...

Unique lipids in polar bear sebum prevent ice accumulation, paving the way for eco-friendly anti-icing materials. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF JANUARY 31, 2025 10:05 Polar bear furs are natural ice ...

But she stresses that her team isn't the first to identify that polar bear fur has such special anti-icing properties. "We didn't discover it," she says.

A polar bear still hunting on the sea ice of Hudson Bay, ... It is suggested that the absence of the squalene in the polar bear hair was critical from an anti-icing perspective.

But she stresses that her team isn't the first to identify that polar bear fur has such special anti-icing properties. “We didn’t discover it,” she says.

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.

Holst hopes that the research might inspire new approaches to concocting anti-icing materials that could be used for ski waxes, lubricants and even plane de-icing fluids. But she stresses that her ...

Scientists have discovered the anti-icing secret of polar bear fur -- something that allows one of the planet's most iconic animals to survive and thrive in one of its most punishing climates.

Nano-physicist Bodil Holst's interest in polar bear fur began while she was watching a German quiz show. "I learned that polar bears are invisible in infrared cameras, meaning their fur has the ...

Why polar bear fur doesn't freeze. New research finds that grease that coats polar bear fur contains a specialized mixture of chemicals that make it resistant to freezing.