Rock salt is different. In certain regions of the world, buried hundreds of feet below the ground are remains of evaporated seas. This mineral — halite — gets harvested by drilling the rock ...

Also called rock salt, road salt is halite, the mineral form of naturally mined sodium chloride, according to the American Chemistry Council. The salt lowers the freezing point of water ...

At the risk of pouring more salt into the wound of our long and wicked winter weather, Ottawa is the Canadian road salt ...

Researchers from Curtin University have made a groundbreaking discovery after analyzing some of the most well-preserved ...

In the form of a natural crystalline mineral, salt is also known as rock salt or halite. Salt is essential for life in general (being the source of the essential dietary minerals sodium and ...

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-metre-wide asteroid 320 ...

Sodium chloride (rock salt or halite) is often used on roads, driveways and sidewalks. It's relatively inexpensive and keeps ice from accumulating on surfaces. It can damage concrete, kill ...