The most important piece of the puzzle, according to Romero, is to buy a specialized ice tray that's called a directional freezing mold. "Directional freezing is similar to how a lake freezes in ...

The uneven freezing and suspended minerals create ice that is cloudy, cracks easily, and melts quickly. By using a technique called directional freezing, it's possible to freeze a large block of ...

Freeze casting involves the directional freezing of a slurry containing ceramic particles, which allows for the formation of a porous structure as the ice crystals form and subsequently melt away ...

Chinese researchers are tackling dendrite formation in zinc-ion batteries with the development of an anisotropic and ...