News tagged with coal mine
New research may help to clean drainage from abandoned mines
Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a quiet green glen near Ashville, Pa., lies a rust-colored pond. A deep, rectangular hole in the ground, it somewhat resembles an Olympic-sized pool. Few people, however, would make the ...
Coal-mining hazard resembles explosive volcanic eruption, study shows
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Oct 01, 2009 |
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Worldwide, thousands of workers die every year from mining accidents, and instantaneous coal outbursts in underground mines are among the major killers. But although scientists have been investigating coal outbursts for more ...
Scientists develop new approach to mine disasters
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Mar 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah scientists devised a new way to find miners trapped by cave-ins. The method involves installing iron plates and sledgehammers at regular intervals inside mines, and sensitive ...
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Mine Collapse Was the Quake, not Vice Versa
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 06, 2007 |
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Ambiguous, preliminary evidence indicates that a coal mine cave-in that trapped six miners early Monday in Utah generated seismic waves that were recorded as a magnitude-3.9 earthquake, according to the University of Utah ...
Appalachian history gives new perspective of how workers view jobs
Feb 23, 2009 |
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A preacher addresses a group of men in a town church in eastern Kentucky, but this gathering is not to hear a sermon. Instead, it is a meeting of a coal miners' union. By studying coal miners and farmers during the early ...
Deadly Mine 'Bump' was Recorded as Seismic Event
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Aug 17, 2007 |
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The University of Utah Seismograph Stations recorded a magnitude-1.6 seismic event at the time of a Thursday, Aug. 16 "bump" that killed and injured rescuers at a Utah coal mine where six miners were trapped by an Aug. 6 ...
Demonstration turns methane gas to energy
Apr 28, 2007 |
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The United States is testing new technology that can convert methane from coal mines into clean energy.
Emphysema severity directly linked to coal dust exposure
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Coal dust exposure is directly linked to severity of emphysema in smokers and nonsmokers alike, according to new research from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
Orphaned koala becomes first-time mother
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Nov 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An orphaned baby koala that was flown 1200km to be raised in captivity has recently become a first-time mum, following her successful return to the wild.
Researchers distinguish waves from mine collapses from other seismic activities
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Jul 10, 2008 |
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Researchers have devised a technology that can distinguish mine collapses from other seismic activity. Using the large seismic disturbance associated with the Crandall Canyon mine collapse last August, Lawrence Livermore ...
Little teeth suggest big jump in primate timeline
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Aug 04, 2008 |
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Tiny fossilized teeth excavated from an Indian open-pit coal mine could be the oldest Asian remains ever found of anthropoids, the primate lineage of today's monkeys, apes and humans, say researchers from Duke University ...
Building a base for honeybees
Sep 15, 2009 |
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On a recent muggy morning, Tammy Horn used a smoker to puff aromatic drafts into wooden beehives beneath a locust tree, then carefully removed the top of a hive.
Collision avoidance technology for mine haul trucks
Dec 05, 2007 |
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Today's mine haul tracks are massive vehicles in which drivers have limited vision and cannot see anything within around 30 meters. If a smaller vehicle on the mine site gets in the way of one of these monsters, ...
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