For years, we were told salt was a dietary enemy. But should we actually be consuming more of it? Madeleine Spencer investigates The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you ...

Could table salt be used to make nano-wires? Scientists at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Cambridge have discovered that crystals of NaCl and other halides could "grow" tiny wires from a ...

Salt is available as sea salt or rock salt. Sea salt is more highly prized than rock salt, which is mined and must be further refined to make cooking salt and table salt. Saltiness is masked by ...