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California to Ban Quartz Countertops Amid Health Concerns
Quartz countertops are made through a process that releases crystalline silica, which can lead to numerous health conditions like silicosis.
Composition of Extreme Debris Disks Across Time
By investigating the compositions of extreme debris disks, scientists inferred that silica-rich disks are produced by high-energy impacts of Mars-sized objects, while silica-poor disks are created by less energetic events from Moon-sized bodies.
Green Science Alliance Invented a New Colored Powder and Coloring Material Combined With Glass Components (Silica) That Can Be Easily Removed From Hands
Green Science Alliance has successfully developed a new material combining and compositing colorants (organic pigments, dyes, and fluorescent dyes) with silica...
California moves closer to banning work involving countertops containing silica
An occupational physicians group says an “epidemic” of silicosis “is causing disabling disease and death” among fabrication workers.
9/11 25 years later: K-9 handler copes with health conditions from 46 days at Ground Zero
“We were breathing burning jet fuel, asbestos, burning plastics, human bodies, silica, glass dust, brick dust — anything else you can think of.",
Appalachia's black lung rates highest in nearly 50 years as miners' protections stall
Rates are now as bad as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick and dying. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.
Could microscopic spheres of silica help cool the planet?
Private money is bringing new ideas—and new concerns—to solar-geoengineering research
Scientists make breakthrough in solving mystery of volcanic lightning
Research shows fine carbon coating on silica in updraught causes electrical charge – and spectacular display
Trump wants to paint a White House office building with ‘magic paint.’ Experts advise against it
President Donald Trump privately advocated for painting an ornate federal office building next to the White House with a “magic paint with silicate,” CNN has learned. But ahead of a key vote on exterior changes to the sprawling Gilded Age structure, a panel of experts is warning the so-called magic paint could be incompatible with the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s granite exterior.
Post-Gazette wins four national business journalism awards
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s work on coverage involving the sale of U.S. Steel, the dangers that coal miners face from inhaling silica, the state...
This Tiny Glass Square Could Store 2 Million Books of Data For 10,000 Years
'Written' with femtosecond laser flashes.
“Project Silica” Breakthrough Does Little Good for Microsoft Stock (NASDAQ:MSFT)
Tech giant Microsoft ($MSFT) has been working since 2019 on a new project known as Project Silica, a means to store data on ordinary glass. It turns out that Micros...
Microsoft boffins cook up archival storage using Pyrex glass they say can last over 10,000 years
: It may have half the capacity of fused silica glass, but is faster and much cheaper
Microsoft's Glass Chip Holds Terabytes of Data for 10,000 Years
"This will change the way we think about keeping data and archival preservation."
Microsoft Unveils Glass Storage System Lasting 10,000 Years
Project Silica uses femtosecond lasers to encode data into borosilicate glass, storing 4.8 terabytes--roughly two million books--on a single coaster-sized plate.
Pace(R) Earns Environmental Business Journal Award for Adding Respirable Crystalline Silica Testing
Company awarded Business Achievement Award for New Practice in 2025 MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA / ACCESS Newswire / January 30, 2026 / Pace® Analytical Services, the preferred provider of regulatory testing and analytical laboratory services, and a Division ...
James Webb Space Telescope solves a comet crystal mystery
A 'cosmic highway' may explain the journeys of some space silicates.
Construction worker’s lung condition sounds a public health warning
This case is a tragic example of an old hazard — silica — appearing in new places.
UniDoc Completes H3 Health Cube Installation in Italy
AI assisted Health Cube open to patients in Guardia Perticara (Basilicata), Italy VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / December 17, 2025 / UniDoc Health Corp. (CSE:UDOC)(FRA:L7T)(OTCQB:UDOCF) ("UniDoc" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it ...