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 By Leah Crane 18 March 2024 ...

Spanish authorities have closed a number of beaches in the Valencia region after a mysterious white material washed ashore.

One of the issues with a sand filter is that the filter media, i.e. the subsurface sand layers, often needs replacing. After a few years, sediment and hydrocarbons from the drainage area build up in ...

A new study has further highlighted the potential of porous particles made from purified sand for altering the body's uptake of fats and sugars. Depositphotos. View 1 Image 1 / 1.

Scanning electron micrographs of (A) PSM-4 (SOLAS™ spherical porous silica particles with a mean pore width of 23.6 nm and mean particle size of 1.93 µm), (B) PSM-5 SOLAS™ spherical porous ...

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 ...

It is dust made up of sand and mineral particles swept up from 3.5 million square miles of Africa's Sahara Desert. Also called the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has proven just how powerful it is with its latest discovery: sand storms swirling on a planet 40 light-years from Earth, or about 235 trillion miles away. One of ...

With painstaking precision and an eye for detail, he transforms the tiny particles into intricate sand sculptures. “I start with like a 55-gallon trash can that I’ve cut the bottom out of.