The intricate design of black basalt stone has been etched in my mind since childhood, thanks to the Taka 5 banknote. Its obverse once featured the Mihrab (prayer niche) of the historic Kusumba Mosque ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Now that the weather is getting warmer, Costco shoppers are on the hunt for backyard additions, and many are noticing the store's ...

Archaeologists with the Colorado State University (CSU) Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML) were investigating an archaeological site near the North Flowage when they ...

Dear Editor:One of my favorite stories from childhood is the Tale of the Stone Soup. The story begins with two homeless wanderers who were camped near a village road tending a fire and a steaming pot ...

A Danish consortium is seeking to store electricity from large scale renewable energy plants in the form of thermal energy in big tanks containing crushed, pea-sized stones made of basalt. The first ...

New York-based Roman Stone Construction has partnered with Rock Fiber, Inc. to introduce basalt fibres to the United States precast concrete market, an advanced composite reinforcement technology ...