Imagine a caravan of camels moving across an ocean of sand. There are no roads, no signposts, and no GPS—just endless dunes stretching to the horizon. Yet the travelers know exactly where they are ...

A team of researchers based in Norway and Japan might soon have you walking on desert sand, no matter how far from the dunes you live. This group of engineers has developed a method to transform it ...

The sand deserts in the oil-rich Gulf countries present a practical paradox: though surrounded by almost boundless swathes of desert sand, much of it is not suitable for farming due to lack of water.