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Study shows copper’s bacteria and virus killing power on public transit

Funded by Teck as part of its Copper & Health program, the study evaluated the efficacy of three copper-based solutions for reducing the transmission of bacteria and viruses on high-touch surfaces.

Staff Writer | May 19, 2023 | 7:39 am

Scientists purify uranium-laden water using magnetic bacteria

Magnetotactic bacteria can accumulate dissolved heavy metal in their cell…

Staff Writer | May 18, 2023 | 6:19 am

How fool’s gold fooled archaeologists for years

Researchers found that many of the fossils from Germany's Posidonia…

Staff Writer | May 17, 2023 | 7:37 am

Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030 calls for nominations to steering committee

The application process is open until May 19.

Staff Writer | May 16, 2023 | 12:23 pm

New sponge can remove toxic metals, recover critical minerals from contaminated water

Researchers developed a new sponge that can remove heavy metals…

Staff Writer | May 14, 2023 | 4:00 am

Copper Innovation Hub launched in Colombia

The Hub’s goals are to conduct research on all things copper and support countries’ transition towards a clean energy future.

Staff Writer | September 4, 2022 | 11:30 am

How machine learning can help identify new, deeply buried porphyry copper deposits

Two novel machine learning techniques are able to identify new, deeply buried porphyry copper deposits by characterizing magma fertility.

Staff Writer | September 4, 2022 | 6:55 am

Curtin University researchers make battery-free breakthrough

Research found a more effective way to improve the output of autonomous power sources used to power vital mining equipment in remote or underground locations.

Staff Writer | September 1, 2022 | 9:00 am

Primitive vegetation played key role in composition of earth’s continental rocks

Primitive plants transformed what was once a Mars-like planet of barren rock into a world of life growing in organic-rich soils.

Staff Writer | September 1, 2022 | 6:06 am

AI reveals melting temperature of all known earthly minerals

Prior to this development, less than 10% of the melting temperatures of the 200,000-plus inorganic compounds that have been identified on earth were known.

Staff Writer | August 31, 2022 | 5:05 am

New aluminum-sulphur battery developed to lower cost of energy storage

In a paper published in the journal Nature, the researchers explain that the new battery architecture uses aluminum and sulphur as its two electrode materials.

Staff Writer | August 30, 2022 | 6:06 am

Gold mine plays key role in proving dark matter’s existence

Researchers working at the Stawell gold mine want to figure out whether dark matter actually exists.

Staff Writer | August 29, 2022 | 5:05 am

Historic Canadian Mining Hall of Fame ceremony aims to widen the mining industy’s tent

The slate of inductees was the most diverse in the history of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame dating back to its origins in 1989.

Alisha Hiyate | August 25, 2022 | 6:00 am

Green economy may lead to sulfur shortages – study

A recent study states that global demand for sulfuric acid is set to rise significantly from 246 to 400 million metric tonnes by 2040.

Staff Writer | August 23, 2022 | 6:06 am

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