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Low ice adhesion properties of polar bear fur sebum offer sustainable solutions for preventing ice buildup on infrastructure. An international research team investigated the ice-repelling features of ...
You have something in common with polar bears. Polar bears and humans produce sebum. It's an oily substance that comes from ...
Polar bears are struggling to survive as sea ice dwindles. Scientists have now quantified how much climate change has drastically reduced the number of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson Bay ...
New research finds that grease that coats polar bear fur contains a specialized mixture of chemicals that make it resistant ...
The idea was to use a long lens, which would allow me to maintain a respectful distance from the polar bears, without affecting their natural behaviour. We'd put the Ice Cube together with a lot ...
This experiment showed that the ice adhesion of unwashed polar bear fur is exceptionally low. While the often-accepted threshold for “icephobicity” is around 100 kPa, the unwashed fur measured as ...
Polar hair hair oil has natural non-stick qualities that help these animals from getting stuck on ice, says PhD candidate Julian Carolan. (© Kieran McIver / Polar Bears International) Polar bears' ...
A file photo of an (ice-free!) mother polar bear and her cub on the Hudson Bay. (Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images) Preventing ice buildup in extreme temperatures has long vexed industries ...