Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you want to understand why some sandcastles are tall and have intricate structures while others are nearly shapeless lumps of ...

Researchers have analyzed an extensive collection of sand samples from so-called megaripple fields around the world and gained new insights into the composition of these sand waves. These could help ...

image: Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist Tomonori Saito shows a 3D-printed sandcastle at the DOE Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL. view more Researchers at the Department of Energy’s ...

Capillary bridges make wet sand stick together. Upper row: Theoretical predictions of how capillary bridges (blue) bind glass beads together. Bottom row: Microtomography images of the bridges seen in ...

Building sandcastles is one of the little pleasures of a holiday on the beach, but what do you really know about the science of these structures? Ian Randall grabs his bucket and spade to explore the ...

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