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New Evidence for the Oldest Oxygen-Breathing Life on Land
October 19, 2011 — New research shows the first evidence that oxygen-breathing bacteria occupied and thrived on land 100 million years earlier than previously ... > full storyMore: -
How Close Is Too Close? Hydrofracking to Access Natural Gas Reservoirs Poses Risks to Surface Water, Researchers Say
October 18, 2011 — Natural gas mining has drawn fire recently after claims that hydraulic fracturing, an increasingly popular technique for tapping hard-to-reach reservoirs, contaminates groundwater. Surface lakes, ... > full story -
Metal Shortages Alert from Leading Geologists: Inexorable Demand for Consumer Goods Places Strain on Supply of Metals
October 12, 2011 — Geologists are warning of shortages and bottlenecks of some metals due to an insatiable demand for consumer ... > full story -
New 'Genome Mining' Technique Streamlines Discovery from Nature
October 11, 2011 — A newly developed method for microscopically extracting, or "mining," information from genomes could represent a significant boost in the search for new therapeutic drugs and improve science's ... > full story -
Critical Minerals Ignite Geopolitical Storm
October 10, 2011 — The clean energy economy of the future hinges on a lot of things, chief among them the availability of the scores of rare earth minerals and other elements used to make everything from photovoltaic ... > full story -
Mine-Hunting Software Helping Doctors to Identify Rare Cells in Human Cancer
October 6, 2011 — Medical researchers are demonstrating new software developed for finding and recognizing undersea mines can help doctors identify cancer-related cells. The problem that physicians encounter in ... > full story -
New Report on Creating Clinical Public Use Microdata Files
September 15, 2011 — Many governments in Europe and the US are looking at ways to make more data publicly available. Federally, there is also an open government initiative in Canada. Privacy concerns may be leading to ... > full story -
New Technology for Recovering Valuable Minerals from Waste Rock
September 14, 2011 — Researchers report discovery of a completely new technology for more efficiently separating gold, silver, copper, and other valuable materials from rock and ore. The process uses nanoparticles to ... > full story -
Towards Certification of East-African Green Garnet
September 9, 2011 — Green garnet, recently introduced on to the gemstone market, is renowned for its brilliance, hardness and rarity – much rarer than diamond for example. On top of these fine qualities this ... > full story -
The Geophysicist's Guide to Striking It Rich
September 1, 2011 — Combining a number of surveying techniques for the first time, experts say their integrated surveying techniques can be applied to any region in the world to more accurately identify riches beneath ... > full story
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