Modeling of heterogeneous materials and media is a problem of fundamental importance to
a wide class of phenomena and systems, ranging from condensed matter physics, soft …

Soil organisms are recognized as ecosystem engineers and key for aggregation in soil due
to bioturbation, organic matter (OM) decomposition, and excretion of biogenic OM. The …

Stormwater treatment systems remove and accumulate microplastics from surface runoff, but
some of them can be moved downward to groundwater by natural freeze-thaw cycles. Yet, it …

Nanoparticles are extensively used at lab scale to improve physicochemical characteristics
like interfacial tension, wettability, rheological behavior in different hydrocarbon recovery …

Understanding transport phenomena and governing mechanisms of different physical and
chemical processes in porous media has been a critical research area for decades …

Grouting is an effective way to address the poor performance of sandy soils. There are few
studies on water glass single-liquid permeation grouting for solidifying sandy soils. To study …

The primary geotechnical concern of collapsible soils such as loess is their
hydromechanical instability. Upon wetting, metastable aggregates disintegrate, leading soil …

Researchers looking for sustainable materials with optimal mechanical properties may draw
inspiration from a baseball tradition. For nearly 100 y, a mysterious mud harvested from an …

Slow-moving arctic soils commonly organize into striking large-scale spatial patterns called
solifluction terraces and lobes. Although these features impact hillslope stability, carbon …

Icy pebbles may play an important role in planet formation close to the water ice line of
protoplanetary discs. There, dust coagulation is more efficient and recondensation of vapour …