A pile of sand about eight times the volume of the Great Pyramid of Giza is shaping up as a cut-rate model for protecting coasts from rising seas. The "Sand Engine" is 28 million cubic yards (21.5 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Five experiments are described in which a bed of sand was subjected to shear and the resulting grain orientation estimated from measurements ...

March 27 (UPI) --New research suggests the sand grains on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, behave similar to the packing peanuts used in shipping boxes. Lab experiments suggest the granules become ...

Fun in the sun, fun in the sand! Jessica Rice from the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts takes us step by step through a Watermelon Moon Sand science experiment.

As temperatures soar in early September, it’s clear that Colorado’s summers are lasting longer. They’re also starting earlier, with mountain snow melting away in May instead of June. As spring unfolds ...