Snow and ice has caused damage to the main stand at Tynecastle but Hearts are confident Saturday's match with Aberdeen will be able to go ahead.

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The council blamed "exceptional levels of rain last year, followed by snow and ice", which caused damage "across the country".

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Preventing ice formation in the engine openings is important, as ice here could dislodge and cause damage as it's ingested into the engine.

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The books were then freeze-dried, a process that evaporates the ice into gas to stop further water damage or mildew.

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He said he worried the uneven ice that coated the streets was going to damage his car.

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However it has a lower success rate than conventional assisted conception techniques, such as IVF, because ice crystals can form inside the unfertilised egg and damage its contents.

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The Edinburgh club had to repair snow-related damage to the dugouts caused when snow and ice pulled off gutters from the main stand.

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Although the ice-minus bacteria proved safe and effective at preventing frost damage in field trials, further research and commercialization were discouraged by the combination of onerous government regulation, the inflated expense of doing the experiments and the prospect of huge downstream costs of pesticide registration.

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They claim they are losing shoreline because of melting ice and rising oceans, that floods and storms are more severe, causing greater damage, and that controlling smog is getting more difficult.

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