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Fiery Birth Of New Pacific Island
May 23, 2000 An international science team has witnessed the dramatic birth of a new volcanic island in the ... > full story -
Giant Black Smoker Retrieved From Abyss
May 22, 2000 A huge undersea chimney, laced with gold and other minerals and swarming with remarkable lifeforms has been recovered from the seabed in the Bismarck Sea, north of Papua New Guinea, by the CSIRO ... > full story -
Robots To Invade Australia's Mines
May 22, 2000 Within five years, robots will operate large parts of Australia's underground mining industry. The vision of robotic industries, science fiction only a few years ago, is poised to become reality ... > full story -
Clean Power From Waste Coal
May 22, 2000 A new process using methane gas and waste coal could significantly reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions. The CSIRO technology uses this methane gas in conjunction with a kiln and ... > full story -
Radar Provides New Means To Detect, Disable Buried Land Mines
May 1, 2000 Finding and removing buried land mines is becoming safer and easier, thanks to Ohio State University research involving ground penetrating radar. Recent advances to emerge from the university's ... > full story -
NASA Technology Safely Strips Ships Of Loose Chips
April 19, 2000 A new robotic device that safely strips paint from the hulls of ships without polluting the environment is based on NASA ... > full story -
Remotely Sensing City Growth And Landscape Changes
April 6, 2000 The latest remote sensing research in the field of geography will be presented April 4-8 at the Association of American Geographers Meeting at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, ... > full story -
Sandia Scientists Study "Natural" Alternative To Cleaning Up Uranium-Contaminated Sites
March 20, 2000 An innovative "natural" alternative to cleaning up uranium-contaminated sites is being studied by scientists at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories as a way to replace ... > full story -
Microbe May Be A Key To Mine Pollution
March 13, 2000 A newfound microbe that eats iron and lives in acid-drenched conditions has been identified as a chief suspect in the environmental damage caused by metal ore mining. ... > full story -
Scientists: Bomb Survivor Studies Outdated As Basis For Radiation Protection Standards
February 7, 2000 Scientists who help set standards for radiation safety rely too much on studies of A-bomb survivors, according to radiation researchers who analyzed the relative strengths of data from two exposed ... > full story
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