Scientific application
Cambridge University team develops self-healing material made of salt and gelatine
Instead of needing to be heated, the new material can heal itself at room temperature and continue to function without human intervention.
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Environment
Yuncheng Salt Lake - China's brilliant 'Dead Sea'
Xiechi Lake, also known as Yuncheng Salt Lake in Shanxi province, China, has become famous in recent years for its unreal beauty with impressive vibrant colors.
Scientific application
Discovered salt-tolerant plants that absorb hundreds of tons of salt per square kilometer of land
Chinese researchers have found a highly salt-tolerant plant that improves soil fertility in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
New technology
Small camera with a grain of salt takes super sharp color photos
Despite its ultra-small size, the 0.5mm wide camera can capture color images at the same quality as conventional lenses 500,000 times larger.
Environment
Turkey's second largest lake disappears due to climate change
Salt Lake Tuz, which has an estimated 250 million tons of salt reserves, is drying up due to climate change and agricultural development.
Scientific works
Floating nuclear reactor using molten salt
Copenhagen-based start-up Seaborg Technologies is working on a new type of nuclear reactor that is cheap, mobile, flexible and super safe.
Scientific works
China designs nuclear reactor without cooling water
A molten salt nuclear reactor that uses thorium instead of uranium could be built in the desert and provide electricity for 100,000 people.
Food safety
Mistakes when soaking vegetables in salt water
Washing vegetables needs to go through certain steps to ensure that they are clean of dirt and chemicals, but do not lose vitamins that are good for health.
Environment
Breakthrough ideas for making cement from waste salt
Two architects in Dubai (United Arab Emirates - UAE) are looking to break the traditional building rules when they want to use cement made from salt to build houses.
Discover science
Why is it lower than the sea level but there is no big lake in Turpan basin?
The Turpan basin has the lowest elevation in China. This basin is 154 meters high below sea level but in reality, there are no large lakes here.
Discover science
The vast mineral mine in the Atacama desert looks from space
The photo was taken on June 26, 2019 in a special area of the Tarapaca region in northern Chile, where the largest caliche mines (or Chilean matches) can be found.
Health
Signs that the body is having problems
Craving for chewing ice, being sleepy all the time, irritably without cause ... seems like normal signs, not worrying.
Biology
Discover life under a 15km deep crack
Microorganisms thrive in one of the harshest environments of the Earth, opening the hope of finding life on another planet.
Animal world
Elephants enter a volcanic cave in search of salt to eat
Large herbivores such as elephants often look for natural mineral deposits to replenish their sodium intake because minerals from plants and water are not sufficiently s…
Life
Close up of the first mobile body disinfection chamber manufactured by Vietnam
The Institute of Occupational Health and Environment collaborated with Hanoi University of Technology to design and manufacture a full-body disinfection chamber using io…