The washed silica sand market is exceptionally well-positioned, fueled by immense demand from digital infrastructure and the ...

Crisafulli Government investment kick-starts silica mining south of Innisfail, creating 180 new jobs. Mourilyan Silica Sands ...

Q. In your answer to Mr. S.S. regarding the use of moisture-adsorbent bags to keep headlight housings dry (Cars, Aug. 16), you have confused your elements. Silicon is element number 14. It can combine ...

Silica represents the class of oxide-and-silicate minerals that includes silicon. Silica sand has been identified as a grainy material composed mostly of quartz with trace amounts of clay, coal, and ...

Researchers have developed a technology capable of efficiently synthesizing tetraalkoxysilane through a one-step reaction between alcohol and silica, the primary constituent of sand. Tetraalkoxysilane ...

Homerun Resources, Inc., mines silica quartz sand in Bahia, Brazil. Samples of the sand are sent to UC Davis for research into purification and creating high-grade silica carbide. (Courtesy of Homerun ...

A Far North minerals company will deliver 180 new jobs for the region after receiving an eight-figure sum from the state ...

Note: Our sand to silicon chips feature has been fully updated. This article was first published in May 2009. Strange things happen in forests – especially Silicon Forest, as Hillsboro in Oregon has ...

Which is your favourite chemical element? To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table, our science journalists will be making the case for their pick from the 118 known elements. In this ...

ANN ARBOR---Building on his own past research, Richard Laine, University of Michigan professor and materials scientist, has discovered an inexpensive and relatively non-toxic method for producing a ...

Summer is upon us and you are almost certainly planning at least one trip to the beach. This year, as you lie back in the sun, put down your book or magazine and sift the sand through your fingers - ...