News tagged with silver
Governments turn to cloud seeding to fight drought
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- On a mountaintop clearing in the Sierra Nevada stands a tall metal platform holding a crude furnace and a box of silver iodide solution that some scientists believe could help offer relief from searing ...
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Japan mines toxic e-waste for precious materials
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Seeking to turn an environmental problem into an economic opportunity, high-tech companies in resource-poor Japan are mining mountains of toxic e-waste for precious materials.
Caltech scientists film photons with electrons
Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Techniques recently invented by researchers at the California Institute of Technology -- which allow the real-time, real-space visualization of fleeting changes in the structure of nanoscale ...
Australian government to introduce Internet filter
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Australia plans to introduce an Internet filtering system to block obscene and crime-linked Web sites despite concerns it will curtail freedoms and won't completely work.
Lawmakers seek emergency steps to halt Asian carp
Dec 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Members of Congress are demanding emergency action to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes and devastating their $7 billion fishery.
Students Hone Engineering Skills in Robotics
Dec 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Robots have fascinated future engineers for generations. Recently, a group of young students had an opportunity to design and build their own robots using LEGOs, the popular plastic pieces ...
Older dental fillings contain form of mercury unlikely to be toxic
Dec 09, 2009 |
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A new study on the surface chemistry of silver-colored, mercury-based dental fillings suggests that the surface forms of mercury may be less toxic than previously thought. It appears online in ACS' journal ...
Sparkly Spiders and Photonic Fish
Dec 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Israel and the UK have uncovered the details of how certain fish and spiders create their iridescent scales and silvery skins.
At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = equal instant battery (w/ Video)
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford scientists are harnessing nanotechnology to quickly produce ultra-lightweight, bendable batteries and supercapacitors in the form of everyday paper.
Rethinking artificial intelligence: Researchers hope to produce 'co-processors' for the human mind
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 07, 2009 |
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The field of artificial-intelligence research (AI), founded more than 50 years ago, seems to many researchers to have spent much of that time wandering in the wilderness, swapping hugely ambitious goals for ...
India's Tata launches low-cost water filter for rural poor
Dec 07, 2009 |
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India's giant Tata Group on Monday unveiled a new low-cost water purifier, hoping to do for health what it did for motoring and provide affordable, safe drinking water for millions and cut disease.
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