Stretched diamonds may be key for next-gen microelectronics

The board of trustees said they didn't believe in divesting from the fossil fuel industry until there are competitive and readily available alternatives.

The new method would allow for specialized plants, which are critical for biodiversity, to be re-established faster around old iron ore mines.

While Queensland's miners axed 22,000 positions between 2013 and 2015, health and community services created new jobs for almost double that number.

They are definitely making more than those working in forestry, manufacturing, finance and construction.

Fresh research shows a new role for bacteria in cycling platinum group metals in soils and sediments, offering a better understanding of how to search for them.

Edmonton-based group aims to re-train 1,000 jobless workers into solar panel installers by 2018.

Today, professionals can improve their valuation by using Geostatistics, a group of techniques that model spatial processes and allow estimation of values at unsampled locations.

While the shock has certainly been the largest for oil-producing regions, the issue has rippled through to other industries and provinces.

Here's what went wrong and how the impacts could have been minimal.