AI tool for scanning grains of sand opens windows into recent times and the distant past
Scanning electron microscopy reveals the shape and texture of a grain of quartz sand from the Mississippi River. The sand ...
Tag: sand
United States: beaches invaded by shifting sand
Several people have reported falling into quicksand on beaches in Maine, United States. Jamie Acord was walking along Popham Beach ...
Only 20 minutes in the sand: the family of a girl buried alive pays tribute to her
The life of a Florida family was turned upside down in just 20 minutes last week when the sand closed ...
To stick or not to stick? Columns of Mixed Sand Inform Better Materials Design
Sand columns with different proportions of sticky grains form and settle (stickier grains from (a) to (c)). Columns hold their ...
Study shows coal-based product could replace sand in concrete
Credit: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c15156 Global dependence on concrete, the second most consumed material after water, ...
