The Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (KIOST) has developed an ultrasonic washing device that effectively removes salt (NaCl) from sea sand. KIOST's research and validation results have ...

The construction industry worldwide faces a growing shortage of river sand, a critical material for building roads, bridges, and harbors. As river sand becomes increasingly restricted due to ...

IIT Bombay students achieved a lunar breakthrough by successfully mapping the moon's chemistry using data from the Chandrayaan-2 mission. This accomplishment, mentored by Professor Varun Bhalerao, ...

In Texas, fire crews can find themselves battling scores of blazes throughout the year -- from winter, when dormant vegetation provides fire fuel, to summer, when drought can turn grass and trees into ...

LONDON/DAKAR, Aug 14 (Reuters) - (This Aug. 14 story has been refiled to clarify the number of AU member states in paragraph 3) The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments ...

Houston, the largest city in Texas and home to more than 2 million people, occasionally finds itself in the path of destructive tropical cyclones spinning out of the Gulf of Mexico. To keep you ...

This interactive, designed and built by Slate’s Andrew Kahn, gives you a sense of the scale of the trans-Atlantic slave trade across time, as well as the flow of transport and eventual destinations.