Japanese researchers have discovered salt minerals on the asteroid Ryugu, suggesting liquid water may have once existed on ...

Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat (or desert). Its surface is tessellated with hexagonal crystals resulting ...

and the salt crystals re-forming. Dissolving a solid in a liquid depends on the interactions and attractions between the molecules of the liquid (solvent) and the particles of the solid (solute).

America’s great salt swap began in the 1980s, when farmers’-market culture and the health-food movement helped American chefs ...

THE plasticity of rock salt crystals when immersed in water has been the subject of much attention recently 1. The fact that the effect takes place more easily in hot water suggests that the rate ...

"These crystals tell us how liquid water disappeared from Ryugu's parent body," says Matsumoto. The salt crystals dissolve easily in water, suggesting that they could only have precipitated within ...

A small international team of nanotechnologists, engineers and physicists has developed a way to force laser light into becoming a supersolid. Their paper is published in the journal Nature. The ...

"These crystals tell us how liquid water disappeared from Ryugu's parent body," says Matsumoto. The salt crystals dissolve easily in water, suggesting that they could only have precipitated within ...

Whether you’re interested in the healing power of crystals or simply enjoy the aesthetic, you’ll love our salt lamp inspired homeware edit. If you’ve recently started learning about the ...

With physical modification, another method of reduction, salt crystals are encapsulated, which changes how the salt is dissolved in the mouth. This can alter the saltiness perception, allowing for a ...

Italian researchers have turned light into a quantum ‘supersolid’, an achievement which they called “pretty awesome”.