Erin Argyilan was wrapping up a scientific study of wind speeds on Mount Baldy last year when she saw a circle of beachgoers on their knees halfway up the hulking sand dune. They appeared to be ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Sand casting and investment casting are methods of creating metal parts by pouring molten metal into three-dimensional ...

This repository accompanies the MEMY-503 “Soft Matter Science and Engineering” course at the University of Crete. It implements a workflow—from LAMMPS DEM simulations to dispersion analysis—to emulate ...

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States Subterranean exploration in submerged granular media (GM) presents significant ...

Abstract: A novel spraying jet type sand collector, which used liquid or gas to be carrier and had an injection mouth and a suction mouth at the collecting port, was designed by author. This equipment ...

The search for sustainable energy solutions has brought forward an innovative breakthrough known as the sand battery. This revolutionary sand battery stores energy by heating quartz sand to 600 ºC.

If stomping your way across the desert on a giant, leggy, weaponized platform with a few of your best friends sounds like a good time, have I got a game for you. Especially if along the way you want ...

Italian firm Magaldi Group, a specialist in ultra-high-temperature material handling, is poised to deploy its first large-scale application of a novel thermal energy storage system that uses a ...

Star sand is both a beautiful sight and a scientific marvel. Each grain once housed a tiny single-celled organism. Found most frequently on the Taketomi, Hatoma, and Iriomote islands of Japan, star ...

CLIMATEWIRE | How many times can a public beach vanish? As many times as Congress pays to rebuild it — over a very long time. A century after the federal government began bringing beaches back to life ...

There’s more to beach sand than meets the eye. It has stories to tell about the land, and an epic journey to the sea. That’s because mountains end their lives as sand on beaches. If you're enjoying ...