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The sand dunes that splay across the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan may be made of the ground-up remains of ancient irregular moons, rather than atmospheric particles ...
Sand Filters Basins Picture of Surface Sand Filter What is a Sand Filter? A sand filter, or "filtration basin", is a stormwater quality treatment system that works by using a two-component ...
These experiments showed that engineered silica particles made from purified sand conferred their anti-obesity effects by hampering activity of digestive enzymes called α-Amylas and pancreatic ...
Engineered particles of purified sand could be the next anti-obesity therapy as new research from the University of South Australia shows that porous silica can prevent fats and carbohydrates from ...
Saharan dust, made up of sand and mineral particles swept up from Africa's Sahara Desert, can help tamp down storm formations in the Atlantic Ocean.
Spanish authorities have closed a number of beaches in the Valencia region after a mysterious white material washed ashore.
Every summer at the beach, sand becomes an essential ingredient in the recipe for fun. But what the heck is it?
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Sand build-up at a Lincolnshire seaside resort will no longer be cleared by the Environment Agency, a council has said. Sand blows off the beach and piles against the promenade, play park, benches ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope found sand storms on a planet hundreds of trillions of miles away. Clouds on the "super Jupiter " planet are made up of scorching hot, tiny sand-like particles.