mineral

Cleaning up the water left over from mining operations can literally take generations—25 to 50 years on average—leaving billions of gallons of the precious resource locked up and useless.

Researchers have created a novel way to do time-lapse studies of crystallization that could lead to more flexible and effective electronic displays, circuits, and pharmaceutical drugs.

A mixture of diamond nanoparticles and mineral oil easily outperforms other types of fluid created for heat-transfer applications, a new study reports.