A futuristic sounding process using a high-energy laser turns ordinary moon dust into versatile manufacturing and construction materials ...

Researchers at Ohio State University have used a laser 3D printing process to transform simulated lunar soil into durable, ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Tubular morphologies were formed using chemical gardens from aluminum salts, aluminum ...

The chemical garden experiment demonstrates the formation of plant-like crystal structures using metal salts and sodium silicate. This visually appealing experiment is ideal for chemistry education.

Structural characterization of silicate melts and aqueous fluids equilibrated at pressures and temperatures corresponding to the Earth's interior requires measurements in-situ while the samples are at ...

Experiments to determine silicate structural species in silicate-saturated aqueous fluids in equilibrium with silica polymorphs (quartz and coesite), enstatite, and enstatite+forsterite in the ...

In a study recently published in npj 2D Materials & Applications, researchers explored whether the mineral vermiculite can be processed into atomically thin nanosheets with both semiconducting ...

Alkali-silica reaction (ASR), a major deterioration mechanism that can induce volumetric expansion and cracking in concrete, occurs due to the formation and swelling of gel-like products from the ...