The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. 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 ...

A potential Olympic medal for Team USA was lost not to a rival, but to a treacherous sheet of ice. Recently, Corinne Stoddard suffered a costly slip, causing her to miss out on a potential medal. Now, ...

Hashly Rios pushes Izamar Martinez in a shopping cart through the empty parking lot of Richardson Heights Village during a winter storm on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in ...

It's *** story really catching on here in Milan. The ice rink where both short track and figure skating competitions take place, has everyone talking about the ice. In *** sport like speed skating ...

Olympic ice is engineered to balance grip and glide. Here’s how physics, chemistry, and meticulous ice making shape the fastest sport on ice. American speed skater Erin Jackson competes in the women’s ...

Olympic ice has come under fire in recent days. The men's ice skating finals saw a string of high-profile falls, and softer-than-ideal ice during speedskating events led to crashes on Team USA last ...