Skiing

How snow forms and reacts is an essential part of the Winter Olympic games.

Ski-jumping is a thrilling sport, hurtling down a ramp at 60 mph. Learn more in this video.

Olympian slopestyle skier Nick Goepper explains the physics behind the sport.

Skates used by Olympians are custom-engineered by materials scientists to meet the demands for each sport.

The engineering and design of their skis is critical for alpine skiers and their success.

A downhill ski race is a tour de force--emphasis on force.

Learn how Olympic figure skaters do triple axels and quadruple toe loops.

The chemistry and materials science used to create aerodynamic competition suits is explained.

The organization of human cells through training, exercise and "muscle memory" produce the fantastic range of Olympic motion.

A figure skaters center of mass affects their balance and stability of every step, jump, spin, and lift.

Short track speed skating, the fastest self-propelled sport in the Winter Games, illustrates all of Newton's First Three Laws of Motion.

Olympic athletes, trainers and a sports scientist and chemist explain why cross-country skiers are among the fittest athletes in the world.