NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...

But halophilic "salt-loving" bacteria in the salt crusts may also play a role. It has also been suggested that a reaction between the salt and sodium bicarbonate could be altering the color of the ...

Earth is home to some truly bizarre and breathtaking landscapes — here are 20 that look straight out of an alien world.

The world's largest known lithium deposit exists within a vast salt pan called the Salar de Uyuni, which stretches for ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- The world’s largest known lithium deposit exists within ... discharge of brine from the evaporation ponds to the surrounding salt pan could negatively affect wildlife.

Deposits suspended in brine under the remote Uyuni salt flat have high levels of magnesium, which make its lithium less pure and expensive to produce, and the nearest port is at least 500 ...

Garden ponds are small yet significant water features that are increasingly common in urban areas. They offer numerous ecosystem services, like aesthetic purposes, microclimate regulation ...

Sodium-ion batteries have long been seen as the next option on the technology drawing board, given the abundance of salt and ability to easily drop sodium tech into lithium battery manufacturing ...