Why do avalanches start to slide? And what happens inside the "pile of snow?" If you ask yourself these questions, you are ...

Monitoring and measuring the flow of sand particles is ... vibration method to evaluate solid particles in slurry flows. This research focused on analyzing particle-wall collision behaviors ...

INSERT [STATE_CI_03 - particle diagram of a solid, liquid and gas] In the solid state the particles of the substance are packed tightly in fixed positions and are all touching. The particles move ...

“We all have a clear distinction in mind when we think of solid ... grains of sand,” Daraio explains. “PAMs can be very different from one another. You can print them in squishy materials or hard ones ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers using a ...

Snow is made up of trillions of tiny ice crystals to make snowflakes, with not one alike. Here's how they form.

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 ...

In 2019, researchers revealed that some of the grains of sand on beaches near the Japanese city of Hiroshima are in fact particles of debris created when the US dropped an atomic bomb on the city ...

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Bristol have made a breakthrough in the development of “life-like” synthetic materials which are able to move by themselves like worms. Scientists have been ...