Quaise used a gyrotron to vaporize basalt rock during a demonstration in January (the video was sped up). A beam of electromagnetic energy traveling at the speed of light strikes a thick slab of ...

In the past, rock quarries would didn't have much use for the basalt rock dust that was a waste product of their mining process. So, they let it pile up into mini mountains as high as 125 feet ...

A growing number of scientists believe crushed basalt, a volcanic rock used in roads, could be used as a fertiliser, with trials showing it can improve soil and capture carbon.