Sand underpins everything from skyscrapers to smartphones. Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ...

You also want the crushed rock pieces to be irregular in shape ... you could consider using silica sand instead. This lovely fine-grained sand lends itself beautifully to creating quite detailed ...

Respirable crystalline silica – very small particles at least 100 times smaller than ordinary sand you might find on beaches and playgrounds – is created when cutting, sawing, grinding, drilling, and ...

According to the researchers, high exposure to silica — defined as dust from sand, rock, clay tile or brick — more than doubled the odds of developing dermatomyositis (OR = 2.02; 95% CI ...

contains a high percentage of silica, up to 70 percent. Magnesia can trap gas bubbles in the magma chamber of volcanoes because it is viscous and thick. Different minerals crystallize at different ...

Cases of silicosis in Australia have spiked in recent years, and experts say we won’t know the full scope of damage for years ...