University of Sharjah professors patent an earthquake dissipation device that only needs sand to withstand seismic forces.

All the major building materials - concrete, bricks, glass, are made using sand. Exploding population numbers and the knock on need for development have made sand the second most used natural ...

Scientists invent a device of sand containers that can help buildings resist the force of seismic tremors in case of ...

Sand found on the surface of Mars and the ... said the discovery could help limit the amount of building materials that would need to be transported off Earth to build a Moon base.