{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Horizon Magazine Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon","author_name":"Sandrine Ceurstemont","author_url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/author\/sandrineceurstemont\/","title":"Saving railways from sand","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DPzp6aPKn5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1773\/saving-railways-from-sand\/\">Saving railways from sand<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/1773\/saving-railways-from-sand\/embed\/#?secret=DPzp6aPKn5\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Saving railways from sand&#8221; &#8212; Horizon Magazine Blog\" data-secret=\"DPzp6aPKn5\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/horizon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Railways_Kolmanskuppe-scaled.jpg","thumbnail_width":2560,"thumbnail_height":1707,"description":"In desert regions and sandy coastal areas, windblown sand can bury infrastructure such as railways, and\u00a0cause problems\u00a0such as train derailment, grinding down rails or wheels and wearing down\u00a0coatings on the nose of high-speed locomotives. But knowing how best to protect tracks and trains from sand is tricky because there has been no reliable way of ... Read more"}