It was perhaps premature on their part to attribute the curvature to the Gibbs-Thomson effect; indeed, one could argue that over their simulation time-scale a similar sized non-AFP protein may have caused an equivalent ice-distortion, but this was not tested with a control.
Gaps left by melting ice caused minor to moderate cone distortion where the ice sheet was thin and major distortion where it was thick.
Beam-induced distortions of the ice layer embedding the DLP particles may also perturb the particle structure.
This was achieved with a technique called 'high pressure freezing' that combines jets of liquid nitrogen with very high pressures to instantaneously preserve small samples without causing damage through the formation of ice crystals, or any shrinkage and distortion.
The ice was thickest in and thus cone distortion was greatest over the buried Cheekye valley.
The gravitational pull from these two bodies also squeezes and stretches the moon itself, and all that kneading from this tidal distortion heats Enceladus, melting some of the water ice under the surface.
The complex gravitational pull also squeezes and stretches the moon itself — and all that kneading from this tidal distortion heats it up, melting some of the water ice inside.
This distortion can reach 1 m or more in optically thick, ponded ice but will be negligible under a surface scattering layer or snow cover.
During a period with snow and ice many patients present at the ED with other injuries such as concussions, distortions, wounds, and dislocations.
