New statistics show that a growing number of people in Sweden are freezing to death during the winters each year.

Overexpressing a protein involved in the uptake of fat in muscle of mice can improve their tolerance to cold temperatures, researchers find in a new study that showcases the over-looked role muscle may play in the cold response.

The ion channel activated by menthol also detects a wide range of cold temperatures and relays the information to the brain, according to a study in Nature by Yale School of Medicine, the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), and the University of Wisconsin.

The first sector of CERN1's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to be cooled down has reached a temperature of 1.9 K ("‘271°C), colder than deep outer space! Although just one-eighth of the LHC ring, this sector is the world's largest superconducting installation.