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Olympic flames and winter games

Thursday, 18 February 2010Article has audio
Dr Karl on triplej Podcast Why doesn't the Olympic flame cast a shadow? If you weigh more will you go faster on the luge? Does burning dried cattle poo keep the flies away?
Subjects: mining, chemistry, physics, weird-and-wonderful, weather, skin, blood, bones-and-muscles, stomach-and-digestion, scienceontriplej

Researchers believe the sulfur may have been from volcanic eruptions, which eventually settled around hot springs on the ocean floor Sunlit sulfur breathed life into nickel

Thursday, 26 November 2009
An international team of geologists have resolved a 30-year debate on how sulfur-rich ores that blanket Western Australia formed billions of years ago, when there was little sulfur around.
Subjects: mining, earth-sciences, geology Locations: university-of-western-australia-6009

In the future power stations could use gas extracted from seams of coals deep underground to generate electricity, say experts Burning buried coal has 'potential'

Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Burning coal underground could be one of the next breakthroughs to increase the world's energy supply, say some experts.
Subjects: electricity-energy-and-utilities, mining, energy, coal Locations: european-union

Sinking feeling: The Pearl River delta, near the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, is listed as high-risk World's deltas subsiding, says study

Monday, 21 September 2009
Two-thirds of the world's major deltas, home to nearly half a billion people, are caught between sinking land and rising seas, according to a new study.
Subjects: climate-change, mining, rivers Locations: china, united-states

Image analysis means the value of opals is no longer simply in the eye of the beholder Technology makes valuing opals easier

Tuesday, 1 September 2009
A new computerised grading system will make valuing opals less subjective and more reliable, say Australian researchers.
Subjects: mining, mining, computers-and-technology, geology, information-technology, mathematics Locations: sydney-2000

Anna Petts and a termite mound: termites drill up to 30 metres below the surface Termites are a miner's best friend

Friday, 8 May 2009
Termites could help miners locate gold and diamond reserves saving money and time, says one researcher.
Subjects: gold, mining, mining, ecology, entomology, diamonds, invertebrates-insects-and-arachnids Locations: nt, adelaide-university-5005

The giant Australian cuttlefish is around a metre long Big cuttlefish 'at risk' from desalination

Thursday, 30 April 2009
The largest species of cuttlefish in the world is at risk from a huge desalination plant being proposed in South Australia, say researchers.
Subjects: mining, mining, mining, marine-biology Locations: flinders-university-5042, whyalla-5600, adelaide-university-5005

Big jobs need big toysMining our natural resources

Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Photo Gallery The demand for Australia's natural resources has boomed since the turn of the century, providing a buffer for our economy as the world teeters on the brink of recession.
Subjects: photography, mining, mining, mining, energy, geology, photos

A contaminated section of river near the Ok Tedi mine 'Toxic time bomb' awaits Ok Tedi

Friday, 5 September 2008
More attention should be given to a potential environmental disaster in Papua New Guinea downstream from one of the world's largest copper mines, say some scientists.
Subjects: mining, environmental-management, mining, water-pollution, mining Locations: melbourne-3000, perth-6000, papua-new-guinea, monash-university-3800

Experts estimate the mud volcano in East Java is now spewing 50 Olympic swimming pools of mud a day Earthquake 'not to blame' for mud volcano

Wednesday, 23 July 2008
A devastating Indonesian mud volcano could not have been caused by a remote earthquake, say researchers.
Subjects: disasters-and-accidents, mining, engineering, geology, physics, research Locations: perth-6000, indonesia

One of the stone tools recovered from the rock cave in Western Australia's Pilbara region. But researchers hope to unearth older artefacts at the site, which would make them older than the famed Mungo Man Aboriginal site among Australia's oldest

Tuesday, 8 April 2008
Aboriginal tools found in Western Australia and dating back 35,000 years are surprisingly sophisticated and varied, archaeologists say.
Subjects: mining, indigenous-culture, sacred-sites, anthropology-and-sociology, archaeology Locations: adelaide-5000, wa, port-hedland-6721, united-states

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