Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are collaborating with researchers at UT San Antonio to study how space ...

This study is conducted by a joint team from Chinese Academy of Sciences. They use aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Electron-energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and scanning ...

Apollo lunar samples show how space weathering alters the Moon’s surface over time, affecting ultraviolet light reflection and interpretation of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data.

Southwest Research Institute collaborated with UT San Antonio to analyze lunar soil samples and determine the effects of space weathering on their far-ultraviolet reflectance. SwRI measured the ...

Traditional row-crop agriculture releases sizable amounts of soil-derived carbon to the atmosphere as CO 2, a greenhouse gas that is a primary driver of climate change. With enhanced weathering, ...

In the wake of a wildfire, a vital micronutrient can become a toxic heavy metal—and could eventually make its way into ...

By analyzing just a few grains of returned samples from the Apollo missions, researchers gained important insights into the evolution of the lunar surface shaped by solar wind and micrometeoroid ...

Rocks, rain and carbon dioxide help control Earth's climate over thousands of years -- like a thermostat -- through a process called weathering. A new study may improve our understanding of how this ...

Millions of tons of nutrient-rich volcanic basalt rock-dust, produced as a byproduct of the rock quarrying and aggregate industry. This material can safely and permanently remove and trap carbon ...