Discover the science behind the many types of salt found in every kitchen. This video explains how variations in texture, ...

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Every winter across most of the northern US, giant bags of salt materialize at grocery stores and home improvement retailers ...

Salt is so common that it almost isn’t interesting. However, it hasn't always been that way. Salt has a big responsibility in biological systems, used to be a form of money, and has started and ...

CHICAGO — A small device that detects the amount of salt in food could help people with heart disease lower the amount of salt in their diet to improve their heart health, a new study shows. The ...

The majority of Americans live in areas impacted by snow and ice. Every year, road crews in these regions dump about 25 metric tons of salt on roadways, reducing vehicular accidents by approximately ...