A view from a microscope shows a manipulator bending the strand to a near-circular shape (video is sped up over 10x). Gif: Peizhen Xu, Bowen Cui, Xin Guo and Limin Tong, Zhejiang University/Gizmodo ...

Although we can only imagine what a White Walker’s hair is made of, we’re going to go ahead and guess some kind of bendable, springy ice threads. But while that may seem like just another fantasy ...

Chinese scientists have been able to develop thin strands of ice that can bend and curl. The researchers describe it as “elastic ice microfibers,” according to a new paper of their findings published ...

Try to bend an icicle and it’ll snap in two. With its tendency to crack into shards, ice’s reputation for being stiff and brittle seems well-established. But thin, pristine threads of ice are bendy ...