Scientists at UC Davis have created "jelly ice", a reusable, compostable cooling material that stays solid without melting into messy puddles. It's a promising alternative for safe food, medicine, and ...
If you’ve ever leaned over a seafood counter and caught sight of cloudy meltwater dripping into the display, you’ve seen the problem that inspired jelly ice. Regular ice melts. It leaves puddles that ...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2025 — No matter whether it’s crushed or cubed, ice eventually melts into a puddle — but an alternative called jelly ice doesn’t. Researchers Jiahan Zou and Gang Sun developed a ...