Scientists Create Room Temperature Ice.

[john_pelphre]

[QUOTE=Splurgy_A;23758593][img]http://a7.vox.com/6a00cdf3ac63a4cb8f00e398acc7e70002-500pi[/img]
:ohdear:[/QUOTE]

First thing that came to mind, I love you.

[Killuah]

Hmm, they switch between condesation and "making ice" and even then it's thin layers, only a few thousand atoms thick...

[editline]10:00PM[/editline]

[QUOTE=teeheeV2;23718291]What temperature is room temperature though.

I wouldn't mind a ski park going down the hill I live on.[/QUOTE]

Room temperatuire is defined as either 18 or 21°C in most of my books.

[editline]10:03PM[/editline]

Also it says nothing about melting. I guess as soon as the layer gets thicker, the effect wears off and as soon as you "scratch" the "ice" of the layer, it "melts". And the surface would still need to be cooled.
If this gets more efficient, you'd basically save the energy needed to cool the ice from whatever temperature to 0.1°C, but not the energy needed for freezing. So as the ice grows at around 21°C, the surface(and the ice itself) will get warmer.

[Suzune]

Not like I'd use it, but hey nice breakthrough.