Saturn's moon Enceladus has a potentially habitable subsurface water ocean that contains
canonical building blocks of life (organic and inorganic carbon, ammonia, possibly hydrogen …

The PROFILE model, now incorporated in the ForSAFE model can accurately reproduce the
chemical and mineralogical evolution of the soil unsaturated zone. However, in deeper soil …

The study of the mechanisms by which mineral fibres promote adverse effects in both
animals and humans is a hot topic of multidisciplinary research with many aspects that still …

Acid rock drainage (ARD) is a major problem related to the management of mining wastes,
especially concerning deposits containing sulphide minerals. Commonly used tests for ARD …

Background The mechanisms by which mineral fibers induce adverse effects in vivo are still
not well understood. The mechanisms of fiber dissolution in the lungs and subsequent …

Liangzhu Culture in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River is world-famous for a large
number of exquisite jade artifacts, but the provenance of nephrite materials has been a …

Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) hosted in asbestos elongate mineral particles is one of the
factors that determines their toxic/pathogenic effects. This study quantifies and compares …

In this study, we present a dissolution test system that allows for the testing of dissolution of
nano-and micrometer size materials under highly controlled atmospheric composition (O2 …

In nature, asbestos is often associated with minerals and other non-asbestiform
morphologies thought to be harmless, but not much is known about the potential toxic effects …

Trioctahedral phyllosilicate minerals are widely distributed on the Earth's surface, especially
in soil. The mineral–water interfacial reaction of lizardite, chlorite and talc, with various …