In the far, northwestern corner of Oklahoma's Panhandle, you can find Black Mesa State Park and Black Mesa Nature Preserve.

Salt is a staple in most kitchens around the world, which is added to the meals to balance out the taste and enhance the food ...

Rock salt remains a crystal until the humidity reaches 70%, which doesn’t happen much during the winter. But magnesium chloride dissolves when there is only about 20% to 30% humidity.

Salt crystals are also placed near, but not on top of, televisions and computers by those who tout the believed benefits. But not everyone is convinced of the salt crystal lamp’s power.

It seems that the three-dimensional structure of a rock salt crystal performs up to three times better than any layered oxide, which is where the excitement comes from.

Rock salt remains a crystal until the humidity reaches 70 percent, which doesn’t happen much during the winter. But magnesium chloride dissolves when there is only about 20 to 30 percent humidity.

A three-story-tall gate creaks open, and reveals a warehouse filled to the brim with brown crystals. It’s a mountain of rock salt. “We filled this shed this past week,” says T.J. Shea, ...

It seems that the three-dimensional structure of a rock salt crystal performs up to three times better than any layered oxide, which is where the excitement comes from.

Researchers looking at ancient Australian halite cores have reported 830-million-year-old microbes inside the rock salt crystals -- and they think some of the microbes might even be alive.

THE plasticity of rock salt crystals when immersed in water has been the subject of much attention recently1. The fact that the effect takes place more easily in hot water suggests that the rate ...