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Posted June 11, 2008:

• Untapped Energy From Oil Flare-Offs Can Be Used To Release Water Locked In Gypsum

Posted June 10, 2008:

• Mercury Contamination Found In Stranded Victorian Dolphins

Posted June 2, 2008:

• Potential Treatments From Cryptic Genes
• Fatal Mine Collapse Covered 50 Acres

Posted May 8, 2008:

• New Gas Sensors For Monitoring Carbon Dioxide Sinks

Posted May 5, 2008:

• Fungi Have A Hand In Depleted Uranium's Environmental Fate

Posted April 21, 2008:

• Questioning Nuclear Power's Ability To Forestall Global Warming

Posted April 17, 2008:

• Extreme Ocean Storms Have Become More Frequent Over Past Three Decades, Study Of Tiny Tremors Shows
• Broad Analysis Of Pollutants Using Fuzzy Logic Could Guide Water Quality Improvement

Posted April 7, 2008:

• First Lungless Frog Discovered

Posted April 1, 2008:

• Damaged Land Can Restore Itself Through Spontaneous Revegetation

Posted March 31, 2008:

• Oldest Known Gold Artifacts In The Americas Discovered

Posted March 26, 2008:

• Chronic Illness Linked To Coal-Mining Pollution, Study Shows

Posted March 20, 2008:

• Ancient Reptile Rises from Alberta Oil Sands: Dinosaur-Era Sea Creature Unearthed at Syncrude Mine

Posted March 17, 2008:

• Coal Reemerges As Important Raw Material In Chemical Manufacturing Industry

Posted March 13, 2008:

• Five Factors Of Social Ills In Energy, Mining And Logging Communities

Posted March 4, 2008:

• Nuclear Power Not Efficient Enough To Replace Fossil Fuels, Study Finds

Posted February 28, 2008:

• Magnetic Atoms Of Gold, Silver And Copper Have Been Obtained

Posted February 21, 2008:

• Paving The Way For Green Roads

Posted February 20, 2008:

• Busy Beavers Can Help Ease Drought

Posted February 14, 2008:

• Caribou And Northern Indigenous People: Seeking Sustainability In A World Of Instability

Posted February 6, 2008:

• Tropical Soils Impede Landmine Detection

Posted February 5, 2008:

• Archaeologists Discover Roman Fort In Cornwall, England

Posted January 29, 2008:

• New Thoughts On Language Acquisition: Toddlers As Data Miners
• Archaeologist 'Strikes Gold' With Finds Of Ancient Nasca Iron Ore Mine In Peru

Posted January 14, 2008:

• Heavy Metal Slips Down UK Air Quality Charts
• Seagull Blood Shows Promise For Monitoring Pollutants From Oil Spills

Posted December 5, 2007:

• Collision Avoidance Technology For Mine Haul Trucks

Posted December 3, 2007:

• Discovery Of Primary Deposit Of Rubies Leads To Improved Prospecting Strategies
• New Fuel Cell Cleans Up Pollution And Produces Electricity

Posted November 30, 2007:

• Between Water And Rock: A New Science

Posted November 19, 2007:

• New Database Screening Criteria Improves Identification Of Anticancer Drugs

Posted October 31, 2007:

• Opium And Marijuana Research Go Underground

Posted October 23, 2007:

• Uranium Isotope Ratios Are Not Invariant, Researchers Show

Posted October 18, 2007:

• Claiming Antarctica: Oil, Water And Environmental Risks

Posted October 12, 2007:

• Human Cost Of Colombian Coal Revealed

Posted September 23, 2007:

• Palladium And Platinum An Easier Find With New Detection Method

Posted September 18, 2007:

• Retrieving Compost From Dumps Would Make A Difference

Posted September 14, 2007:

• Glass Of Wine Can Help Find New Mineral Deposits

Posted September 12, 2007:

• Research To Assist In Investigation Of Criminal And Terrorist Activity

Posted September 5, 2007:

• Hot Ice To Lubricate Artificial Joints

Posted August 29, 2007:

• Biosensors To Probe The Metals Menace

Posted August 18, 2007:

• Gold Obtained From A Decayed Stump

Posted August 17, 2007:

• Deady Mine 'Bump' Was Recorded As Seismic Event

Posted July 25, 2007:

• Three-Pronged Nuclear Attack

Posted July 16, 2007:

• New Process Promises To Reduce Costs Of A Clean-Coal Technology

Posted July 9, 2007:

• Climate Change Reduces Bat Population In Queensland, Australia

Posted June 26, 2007:

• Greenhouse Gas Burial: Storing Unwanted Carbon Dioxide In Unmineable Coal Seams

Posted June 20, 2007:

• Major Boost Needed In Federal Support For Coal R&D, Report Says

Posted June 18, 2007:

• Crude Oil Contains Less Toxic Mercury Than Coal

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