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Researchers Call for Specialty Metals Recycling
September 24, 2012 — An international policy is needed for recycling scarce specialty metals that are critical in the production of consumer goods, according to ... > full story -
Life in the Extreme: Hot Acids and Heavy Metals Make Similar Organisms Deal With Stress in Different Ways
September 24, 2012 — Life in extreme environments -- hot acids and heavy metals, for example -- can apparently make very similar organisms deal with stress in very different ways, according to new ... > full story -
Skilled Hunters 300,000 Years Ago
September 17, 2012 — Finds from early stone age site in north-central Germany show that human ingenuity is nothing new -- and was probably shared by now-extinct species of humans. Archeologists have found eight extremely ... > full story -
New Snake Species: List of Animal Species Threatened by Mining and Deforestation in Western Panama Augmented
September 17, 2012 — Scientists have discovered a new snake species in the highlands of western Panama. The scientific name of the conspicuously colored reptile Sibon noalamina means "no to the mine." It was chosen to ... > full story -
Increase in Metal Concentrations in Rocky Mountain Watershed Tied to Warming Temperatures
September 9, 2012 — Warmer air temperatures since the 1980s may explain significant increases in zinc and other metal concentrations of ecological concern in a Rocky Mountain watershed, reports a new ... > full story -
Can Blue Tits Can Save Our Conker Trees?
August 30, 2012 — Blue tits, a familiar garden bird in the U.K., could be the salvation of our imperiled conker trees (horse-chestnut trees), which are under severe attack by a tiny non-native moth that has spread ... > full story -
Adverse Effects of Mining Industry Provoke Hard Questions for Medical Humanitarian Organizations
August 28, 2012 — Increasingly humanitarian organizations will find themselves responding to health emergencies provoked by the adverse effects of mining and other extractive industries, setting up a potential clash ... > full story -
New Solar Panels Made With More Common Metals Could Be Cheaper and More Sustainable
August 21, 2012 — With enough sunlight falling on home roofs to supply at least half of America’s electricity, scientists have described advances toward the less-expensive solar energy technology needed to roof ... > full story -
Advanced Explosives Detector Sniffs out Previously Undetectable Amounts of TNT
August 8, 2012 — With the best explosive detectors often unable to sniff out the tiny amounts of TNT released from terrorist bombs in airports and other public places, scientists are reporting a potential solution. ... > full story -
What Makes Paris Look Like Paris? Software Finds Stylistic Core
August 7, 2012 — Paris is one of those cities that has a look all its own, something that goes beyond landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower or Notre Dame. Researchers have developed visual data mining software that can ... > full story
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