We need rare earth minerals for use in items we rely on for modern life. New tech holds possibilities for mining at home for ...

A research team has discovered ferroelectric phenomena occurring at a subatomic scale in the natural mineral brownmillerite.

Ozone pollution is a global environmental concern that not only threatens human health and crop production, but also worsens ...

The Alter do Chão Formation (ACF) is suggested as the main source of sand sediments and heavy minerals, due to their mineralogical and percentage similarity. The provenance of kaolinite was mainly the ...

AT the last meeting of the International Society of Soil Science it was decided to prepare a soil map of Asia, and the work of compiling the available materials was entrusted to a sub-commission ...