Melting Away Ice Hazards

RadioheadKid writes "Dartmouth College Professor Victor F. Petrenko is getting a grip on ice. He and his colleagues have found ways to take advantage of the "protonic" semiconductor properties of frozen water. They see many applications of this discovery from melting ice on power lines to electronic speed control for skis and snowboards. I guess those Petrenkos just love the ice."

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Re:Science solving real problems in the world

[jeti]

Powerlines that don't break under the load of ice.
Trains operating in extreme weather because rails
and cables can be cleaned of ice fast and efficiently.
Fast de-icing of car windows.
Maybe car tires with a far better grip on ice and
new snow mobiles that are able to climb extreme
slopes (for alpine rescue crews).

This tech will likely save more than a few lives.