Insects in freezing regions have a protein that acts like antifreeze

(American Institute of Physics) The power to align water molecules is usually held by ice, which affects nearby water and encourages it to join the ice layer. But in the case of organisms in freezing habitats, a powerful antifreeze protein can convince water molecules to behave in ways that benefit the protein instead. In this week's Journal of Chemical Physics, scientists are taking a closer look at the molecular structure of the antifreeze protein to understand how it works.

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