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  Archaeologists To Establish True Value Of Roman Silver Coins

  March 3, 2006 — An archaeologist at the University of Liverpool is examining more than 1,000 Roman silver coins from museums around the world in order to establish their true economic ... > full story
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  Falcon Decoys And Simulated Rifle Fire Keep Birds From Oil

  March 2, 2006 — A fake peregrine and a radar-activated cannon work better at keeping birds away from oil sands tailings than the current system, says new research from the University of ... > full story
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  The Dawn Of Deep Ocean Mining

  February 21, 2006 — We're on the brink of the era of deep ocean mining, says a global pioneer in the study of sea floor mineral ... > full story
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  Yale Study: Not Enough Metals In Earth To Meet Global Demand

  January 26, 2006 — Researchers studying supplies of copper, zinc and other metals have determined that these finite resources, even if recycled, may not meet the needs of the global population forever, according to a ... > full story
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  Managing Metal: New Study Raises Questions About Sustainability Of Metal Resources

  January 23, 2006 — Researchers studying supplies of copper, zinc and other metals have determined that these finite resources, even if recycled, may not meet the needs of the global population forever. According to the ... > full story
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  Calculating People Passing By

  January 8, 2006 — Is it possible to make reliable predictions of the number of people who walk or drive down a particular street in Germany? Even without conducting special traffic surveys? Yes, and the solution lies ... > full story
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  Peacetime Grenades Harm Environment

  December 13, 2005 — Elisabeth Hochschorner and colleagues from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm showed that during peacetime, the mining of metals used in grenade construction and the energy costs needed ... > full story
• Nature of Water
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  Tiny Bubbles A Storehouse Of Knowledge

  October 16, 2005 — Fluid inclusions are clues to the location of ores and even petroleum and contain insights on the power of volcanoes and hints of life in the universe. At the Centennial Celebration Symposia for the ... > full story
• Ice Ages
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  Study Casts Doubt On 'Snowball Earth' Theory

  October 3, 2005 — A USC graduate student finds strong evidence for the existence of open ocean during the so-called Snowball Earth glaciation. The study appears in the Sept. 29 issue of Science ... > full story
• Nature of Water
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  Scientists Levitate Heaviest Elements With Help From Cold Oxygen

  May 11, 2005 — Scientists at the University of Nottingham have successfully levitated diamond and some of the heaviest elements, including lead and platinum. Using liquid oxygen to increase the buoyancy created by ... > full story

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