Chinese scientists are testing whether cyanobacteria, the photosynthetic microorganisms that have shaped Earth’s soils for billions of years, can convert barren desert sand into ground capable of ...

Understanding how water behaves in unsaturated soil is essential for geotechnical engineering. Soil-water characteristic curves are used to estimate permeability, shear strength, tensile strength, and ...

A newly purchased off road truck is put to the test on open desert terrain. Built for rugged conditions, the vehicle powers through sand and dust while showing its suspension travel and off road ...

From quartz sand to silicon wafers, the manufacturing process is critical for achieving the purity and quality needed for ...

Bright streaks on a small asteroid moon looked, at first, like a camera problem. They were faint, fan-shaped, and easy to ...

The National University of Singapore (NUS) will offer a new major in geospatial intelligence that will train students to harness geospatial data and emerging technologies such as artificial ...

Okuma is the closest town to the three nuclear reactors that melted down at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant on March 11, 2011. On that day, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami destroyed the ...