Polar bear fur also lacked a compound called squalene, the researchers found. Squalene is abundant in other marine mammals and has properties that make ice stick to it easily.

Polar bear fur also lacked a compound called squalene, the researchers found. Squalene is abundant in other marine mammals, and has properties that make ice stick to it easily.

Polar bear fur also lacked a compound called squalene, the researchers found. Squalene is abundant in other marine mammals and has properties that make ice stick to it easily.

Polar bear fur also lacked a compound called squalene, the researchers found. Squalene is abundant in other marine mammals and has properties that make ice stick to it easily.

This combination makes polar bear fur highly resistant to freezing, Holst says. Lab tests showed that it performed about as well as fluorinated ski waxes, which have been banned in Norway for ...

Polar bear fur also lacked a compound called squalene, the researchers found. Squalene is abundant in other marine mammals and has properties that make ice stick to it easily.

Nano-physicist Bodil Holst's interest in polar bear fur began while she was watching a German quiz show. "I learned that polar bears are invisible in infrared cameras, meaning their fur has the ...

Nano-physicist Bodil Holst's interest in polar bear fur began while she was watching a German quiz show. "I learned that polar bears are invisible in infrared cameras, meaning their fur has the ...

New research finds that grease that coats polar bear fur contains a specialized mixture of chemicals that make it resistant to freezing. Why polar bear fur doesn't freeze Nano-physicist Bodil ...

Nano-physicist Bodil Holst's interest in polar bear fur began while she was watching a German quiz show. "I learned that polar bears are invisible in infrared cameras, meaning their fur has the same ...

Nano-physicist Bodil Holst's interest in polar bear fur began while she was watching a German quiz show. "I learned that polar bears are invisible in infrared cameras, meaning their fur has the ...

Nano-physicist Bodil Holst's interest in polar bear fur began while she was watching a German quiz show. "I learned that polar bears are invisible in infrared cameras, meaning their fur has the ...