In the field of exotic new materials, we've examined one of the strongest ones and another declared to be impossible; scientists now report creating "forbidden" materials out of ordinary table salt ...

Salt is one of the most abundant chemical compounds on Earth. We use it to season our food, clean our sinks, and melt snow from our Michigan roads in winter. For the City of Midland, salt – chemically ...

I recently talked to coworkers about which kinds of salt their families used, and I was surprised that table and sea salt ...

Chinen salt is an herbal supplement that’s used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to treat type 2 diabetes. Although it contains compounds that are chemically considered salts, it’s used as a ...

Salt has a long list of uses that stretches beyond food flavoring. Its therapeutic benefits were prized by ancient Greeks, who discovered that salt inhalation was an effective treatment for ...

A familiar ingredient has been hiding in plain sight on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Using a visible light spectral analysis, planetary scientists at Caltech and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has detected a salt found on Earth on the surface of Mars. The salt, called perchlorate, is used in fireworks and rocket fuel. The news follows the recent confirmation of ...

As the state Department of Transportation, municipal public works departments and squads of private companies battle the relentless snowstorms of the last few weeks, there is an ongoing secondary ...

A familiar ingredient has been hiding in plain sight on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Using a visible light spectral analysis, planetary scientists at Caltech and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

Researchers have discovered that the yellow color visible on portions of the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa is actually sodium chloride. A familiar ingredient has been hiding in plain sight on the ...