Tag: Metals
Zinc is a metal essential to life – scientists have discovered...
Andy Weiss, Vanderbilt University and Caitlin Murdoch, Vanderbilt University
All living things, including people, need zinc in their diets....
Artisan robots with AI smarts will juggle tasks, choose tools, mix...
Glenn S. Daehn, The Ohio State University
Failure of a machine in a factory can shut it down. Lost...
Gold rush, mercury legacy: Small-scale mining for gold has produced long-lasting...
Jacqueline Gerson, Duke University; Austin Wadle, Duke University, and Jasmine Parham, Duke University
Gold is everywhere in modern life, from jewelry to electronics to smartphones....
Mining powers modern life, but can leave scarred lands and polluted...
Matthew Ross, Colorado State University
Modern society relies on metals like copper, gold and nickel for uses ranging from medicine to electronics. Most of these...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
