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Researchers Tracking Sources Of Arsenic Contamination In Water
November 4, 2004 Virginia Tech researchers from geosciences and biology are looking at where arsenic occurs in water, how it is getting there, and how to prevent it. They will present their findings at the 116th ... > full story -
Tiny Diamonds Precious For University Of Alberta Research
September 1, 2004 Tiny diamonds may offer some hints about the formation of the precious gems and where larger, more marketable diamonds might be ... > full story -
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, How I Wonder Where You Are
August 5, 2004 Whether viewed dimly through the haze and lights of a city or in all their glory in a pristine wilderness, the stars that surround the Earth are magnificent, and one day Earthlings will travel to ... > full story -
Humans May Surpass Other Natural Forces As Earth Movers
July 9, 2004 Think of large earth moving projects: highway interchanges, coal mines or Boston's Big Dig. According to Roger LeBaron Hooke, a University of Maine scientist, such activities have propelled ... > full story -
Arctic Yields Fresh Evidence For Elizabethan Gold Swindle
July 6, 2004 Canadian scientists say they've found conclusive proof that a tiny, barren Arctic island was the site of Canada's first, and perhaps greatest, mining ... > full story -
Low-Cost Robot Could Locate Land Mines In Rugged Terrain
June 10, 2004 Four Johns Hopkins undergraduate engineering students have designed and built a remote-controlled robotic vehicle to find deadly land mines in rugged terrain and mark their location with a spray of ... > full story -
Danger Spots Identified For Threatened Grizzly Bear
May 26, 2004 A deadly combination of industry and human activity may soon wipe out Alberta's grizzly bear population, but new University of Alberta research that identifies the province's highest ... > full story -
Decoding A Sulfate-Breathing Bug
April 14, 2004 Paving the way for better methods to protect pipelines and remediate metallic pollutants, scientists have sequenced the genome of a sulfate-breathing bacterium that can damage oil and natural gas ... > full story -
Microbe's Trick Provides A Template For Willowy Crystals
March 12, 2004 The discovery of the willowy microscopic crystals may open a broad new window to human understanding of biomineralization, the same process that produces bone, teeth and shell, some of nature's ... > full story -
Field Tests Advance Seismic Landmine-Detection System
March 2, 2004 A landmine-detection system under development at the Georgia Institute of Technology offers potential advantages over existing technologies and could ultimately help prevent the thousands of injuries ... > full story
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