High-pressure experiments generated the first direct observation of plastic ice, which has qualities of both crystalline ice and liquid water.

What makes something quantum? This question has kept a small but dedicated fraction of the world's population—most of them ...

In addition to being a runnable CLI tool, D2 can also be used to produce diagrams from Go programs. For examples, see ./docs/examples/lib. This blog post also demos a complete, runnable example of ...

Netflix's The Sand Castle showcases a fresher perspective on the effects of war. The heartfelt film explores the psychological turmoil one goes through, having lived through the horrors of war. The ...

Around 1500 people said "say no" to the fast-track project by McCallum Bros to mine sand from Bream Bay over 35 years. Video / Nigel Yellowlees A beach-based protest has energised the community ...

Dubbed Sand-E, the beach cleaning robot was developed by 27 students from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). The team had wanted to come up with a solution to assist ...

Along with quantum mechanics, Einstein's special theory of relativity serves as the basis of the Standard Model of particle physics. At its heart is a concept called Lorentz symmetry: experimental ...

Unchecked sea sand exports destroyed 26 sand islands in Riau Province in Sumatra. In western Java’s Banten Province, sand mining eroded the shoreline and destroyed coral reefs. Even after the ...

The solids dealt with are almost exclusively metals. The volume is divided into four parts of unequal length under the headings : "Creep and Plastic Flow" (70 pp.), "Grain Boundaries and ...