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Ice in the Capital: Remembering Tallahassee’s hockey days *thx Taylor for the trip down memory lane #icing ⁦@WCTV@twitter.com⁩ #finsup #tigersharks https://wctv.tv/2025/06/18/ice…

Cookies 📸 / #cookies #ricotta #baking #homebaker #baker #icing #homemade #food #yum

Anti-Icing Polar Bear Fur

Despite spending their lives in and around frigid water, snow, and ice, polar bears are rarely troubled by ice building up on their fur. This natural anti-icing property is one Inuits have long taken advantage of by using polar bear fur in hunting stools and sandals. In a new study, researchers looked at just how “icephobic” polar bear fur is and what properties make it so.

The key to a polar bear’s anti-icing is sebum — a mixture of cholesterol, diacylglycerols, and fatty acids secreted from glands near each hair’s root. When sebum is present on the hair, the researchers found it takes very little force to remove ice; in contrast, fur that had been washed with a surfactant that stripped away the sebum clung to ice.

The researchers are interested in uncovering which specific chemical components of sebum impart its icephobicity. That information could enable a new generation of anti-icing treatments for aircraft and other human-made technologies; right now, many anti-icing treatments use PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” that have major disadvantages to human and environmental health. (Image credit: H. Mager; research credit: J. Carolan et al.; via Physics World)

#adhesion #biology #chemistry #fluidDynamics #icing #physics #polarBears #science

Polar bears secrete chemicals that make their fur naturally ice-resistant, suggesting new anti-icing tech for us, too.

Frosted!

#frosted #iced #trees #tree #winter #snow #winterlylandscape #winterphotography #white #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #iamtheoriginal #iamoriginal #outdoors #winterhike #cold #frozen #frosting #icing

Frosted!

#frosted #iced #trees #tree #winter #snow #winterlylandscape #winterphotography #white #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #iamtheoriginal #iamoriginal #outdoors #winterhike #cold #frozen #frosting #icing

#Birthday #Cake #delicious #Chocolate #Flowers #celebration #Happybirthday #yummy #icing #wish #candles #strawberry #fruit #diet #enjoy #sing #sprinkles #colorful #presents #gifts

Sprinkles, my polymer clay strawberry donut jumping spider. Considering making a collection of creepy crawly pastry pets. 🍓🍩🕷️

#dessert #sprinkles #donut #spider #jumpingspider #polymerclay #clay #insect #delicious #tasty #recipe #strawberry #pastrypet #icing #vanilla #cute #dough #art #artist #morganwant #fuzzy #sweet

#afraid #ice #ghost #cookie

#icing #pacman #videogame #blue #white #baking

#Christmas cake iced. The snowman and father Christmas decorations are at least 60 years old but may date back to the 1940s. #icing #cake #traditions

A Christmas cake freshly covered with white icing. The sleeves decorations on top of a snowman, Holly, father Christmas and a plastic merry Christmas.

Christmas is coming & it's time for fun activities.
Like building a decorated & awesome gingerbread house.
Yes, of course, it's a store-bought kit with pre-cut gingerbread slices, but look at him! Sascha is having a blast building it. And he is proud of being able to do it on his own, without any help.
Worth it? Worth it!

Lovely art by @AliothFox
#kidfur #gingerbreadhouse #decorating #icing #Christmas #diaper

Sascha the little bearkitty is kneeling on a chair, decorating a gingerbread house with colorful candy decoration that is sitting on the table in front of him
A bag of icing is next to the gingerbread house and there is a Christmassy background.
Sascha is wearing a green t-shirt and a whiter diaper.

Quite pleased with how these turned out. The cake I decorated them with vanished very quickly too 😹

Not one broke when I lifted them, so now I have lots of spare flowers! They'd be a nice size for cupcakes...

#Cake #CakeDecorating #Icing #RoyalIcing

Abstract blue flowers made of royal icing laid out on dehydrator sheets. They're still wet and there is a mug with piping bags inside in the background

I loved these #CarrotCake muffins, but the #MarksAndSpencers containers made it very difficult to get them out of the package without your fingers being covered in #icing.

Today is a special day dedicated to Kladdkaka, a popular Swedish chocolate cake. Kladdkaka is known for its gooey and delicious texture, making it a beloved treat for many. Whether enjoyed with a cup of coffee or topped with whipped cream, Kladdkaka is a delightful indulgence that brings joy to those who savor it.

#cat #food #felidae #cake_decorating_supply #carnivore #ingredient #whiskers #cake_decorating #cake #art #sugar_cake #illustration #birthday_cake #icing #kuchen #cream