Patrick Chasle News Today

Deserts might appear to be inactive and lifeless, but they are known to be very much alive. Especially, sand dunes tend to grow and move from one place to another—and as per the decades-long research project performed, humid air is also breathed by them.

A Cornell-designed probe shows how water vapor penetrates powders and grains – a finding that could have wide-ranging applications in pharmaceutical research, agriculture and food processing, and planetary exploration.