3D X-ray study reveals how rock grains move and stress builds

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Aug 21, 2025, 5:13 pm277 pts
A team of Johns Hopkins researchers is using an innovative X-ray imaging approach to reveal how compression reshapes the tiny spaces and stresses within sandstone—findings that could predict how this common rock used for fuel reservoirs behaves under deep subterranean pressure. The results appear in the…

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