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New pictures of huge Mars crater emerge

Ever wanted to see what the surface of Mars looks like? Well now you can as Nasa releases some very clear colour images of a never-before-e…

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New pictures of huge Mars crater emerge

Ever wanted to see what the surface of Mars looks like? Well now you can as Nasa releases some very clear colour images of a never-before-e…

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0 Aug 11, 2011

Radioactive Orchestra: Making Music from Nuclear Isotopes

A neat article over on brainpickings.org discusses making music from nuclear isotopes:   In 2011, the need to understand radioactivity glar…

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0 Aug 10, 2011

Man arrested for trying to split the atom in his kitchen

A Swedish man has been arrested after attempting to split atoms in his kitchen, claiming that he was only doing it as a "hobby". Richard Ha…

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0 Aug 4, 2011

NASA’s incredible image of the Morenci copper mine in southeast Arizona

The Morenci open-pit copper mine in southeast Arizona is North America's leading producer of copper. In the 1860s, prospectors arrived look…

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0 Aug 4, 2011

Undersea mining moving forward: DFI releases world’s first marine NI 43-101

The race to mine the seafloor took another step forward today. Diamond Fields International said it has completed the world’s first NI 43-1…

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0 Jul 26, 2011

Geologists discover mysterious ‘lost world’ beneath the North Sea

About 55 million years ago, a massive chunk of land rose up from the floor of the North Sea, giving birth to a wild and beautiful river va…

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0 Jul 13, 2011

Strip Mine the Moon to Fuel Space Exploration

With the approaching end of NASA's space shuttle program, news media reports have expressed a lot of concern -- if not downright angst -- a…

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0 Jul 13, 2011

Impure diamonds make perfect computers

Diamonds have the potential to act as building blocks for quantum computing. In an article published in Nature Physics last month, a group…

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0 Jul 12, 2011

That shave will cost you $100,000

Exotic materials are finding more and more uses, including a really expensive way to shave. Zafirro is taking orders for a $100,000 razor m…

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0 Jun 27, 2011

High-tech dispenser is newest way to pour liquid gold

To get a perfect glass of beer, you apparently don't start at the top but at the bottom.   A newfangled beer dispenser at this year's Utah…

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0 Jun 20, 2011

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Steel Industry Nickel-and-Dimes New Canadian Coins

Posted by EPCM Admin on May 28, 2012 at 9:30am 0 Comments

By EPCM World contributor Catherine Chan

 

The Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) recently rolled out new one- and two-dollar Canadian circulation coins. The new versions of the loonie and toonie are minted using the…

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Ontario's Feed-In-Tariff: How Solar Energy Can Save You Money (Yes, You!)

Posted by EPCM Admin on May 27, 2012 at 1:24pm 0 Comments

By EPCM World contributors Serina Penner and Nikki Fotheringham

 

Since October of 2009, when the Province launched its Green Energy Act, solar energy in Ontario has enjoyed unparalleled growth. The catalyst of…

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