Mining News

Posted August 24, 2011:

• Database of Water, Wastewater Pipeline Infrastructure Systems

Posted August 16, 2011:

• Gemini-Scout Robot Likely to Reach Trapped Miners Ahead of Rescuers

Posted August 2, 2011:

• Researchers Help Find Natural Products Potential of Frankia Bacteria

Posted August 1, 2011:

• The Last Great Wilderness: Human Impact on the Deep Sea

Posted July 27, 2011:

• Bacteria Can 'Fertilize' Copper-Polluted Soil

Posted July 11, 2011:

• Ancient Algae: Genetically Engineering a Path to New Energy Sources?

Posted June 29, 2011:

• Recycling: A New Source of Indispensible 'Rare Earth' Materials Mined Mainly in China

Posted June 28, 2011:

• A New Bioinformatics System Improves Medical Diagnosis

Posted June 23, 2011:

• Large Numbers of Birth Defects Seen Near Mountaintop Mining Operations

Posted June 22, 2011:

• Economic Cost of Weather May Total $485 Billion in US

Posted June 21, 2011:

• Highly Invasive Horse-Chestnut Leaf Miner Found Living in the Balkans by 1879

Posted June 17, 2011:

• Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterial Symbiont Promises Trove of Natural Products

Posted June 13, 2011:

• Ten-Fold Increase in Open Access Scientific Publishing During the Last Decade
• The Energy Debate: Coal Vs. Nuclear

Posted June 8, 2011:

• Silver from the Americas May Have Entered the Spanish Economy Later Than Thought

Posted June 2, 2011:

• Robotic Mine Vehicles Successfully Reanimated by Engineering Students Using Industry Support

Posted May 26, 2011:

• Dramatically Raising Low Metal Recycling Rates Part of Path to Green Economy

Posted May 19, 2011:

• Archaeologists Uncover Oldest Mine in the Americas

Posted May 16, 2011:

• Targeted Regeneration Could Be Key to Boosting Coalfield Communities, English Study Shows

Posted May 11, 2011:

• Silver Cycle: New Evidence for Natural Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles

Posted April 22, 2011:

• Supercomputers: 'Data Deluge' Is Changing, Expanding Supercomputer-Based Research

Posted April 21, 2011:

• Data Miners Dig for Corrosion Resistance

Posted April 20, 2011:

• New Caledonia’s Lagoon: Better Understanding for Better Protection

Posted April 19, 2011:

• Gold Prices Spur Six-Fold Spike in Amazon Deforestation

Posted March 31, 2011:

• Engineer Studies How to Reduce Impact of Power Tools Vibrations

Posted March 9, 2011:

• Banana Peels Get a Second Life as Water Purifier

Posted March 8, 2011:

• Identifying 'Anonymous' Email Authors
• Intelligence Analysts Need Not Fear 'Watson,' Study Shows

Posted March 1, 2011:

• Taking the Heat: Silver-Diamond Composite Offers Unique Capabilities for Cooling Powerful Defense Microelectronics

Posted February 25, 2011:

• New Form of Sulfur Discovered in Geological Fluids

Posted February 15, 2011:

• Device Enables Remote Explosion of Improvised Land Mines

Posted February 7, 2011:

• Using Mining by-Products to Reduce Algal Blooms

Posted February 3, 2011:

• New Model for How Nevada Gold Deposits Formed May Help in Gold Exploration

Posted January 25, 2011:

• Mercury in Bay Area Fish a Legacy of California Mining

Posted January 6, 2011:

• Sulfur Proves Important in the Formation of Gold Mines

Posted December 20, 2010:

• The Mining Peasant's Circumstances Provide More in-Depth Knowledge About Industrialization

Posted December 15, 2010:

• Study Improves Understanding of Method for Creating Multi-Metal Nanoparticles
• Elevated Zinc Concentrations in Colorado Waterway Likely a Result of Climate Change

Posted December 6, 2010:

• Fledgling Ecosystem in Former Open-Pit Coal Mine in Germany Lets Scientists Observe How Soil, Flora and Fauna Develop

Posted December 3, 2010:

• Gold and Silver Nano Baubles
• Information Technology Could Improve Prevention, Treatment of Depression

Posted November 25, 2010:

• Oldest Salt Mine Known to Date Located in Azerbaijan
• The Impact of Mining in Bolivia

Posted November 17, 2010:

• Rare Earth Elements in US Not So Rare, Report Finds

Posted November 1, 2010:

• Scarcity of New Energy Minerals May Trigger Trade Wars, Expert Suggests
• Very Large Protected Areas Preserve Wilderness but Ignore Rare Species, Analysis Finds

Posted October 19, 2010:

• Disease in Rural China Linked to Polluted Coal

Posted October 14, 2010:

• New Materials Could Replace Costly Gold in Electrical Applications

Posted September 28, 2010:

• 'Truthy' Web Site to Search, Identify Smear Tactics, Twitter-Bombs Through Election Runup

Posted September 15, 2010:

• Commercial-Scale Test of New Technology to Recover Coal from Sludge Successful

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