Botswana’s late president Ketumile Masire was original and daring. He should be remembered for his courage and prudence.
Articles on Minerals
Displaying 81 - 100 of 103 articles
Recent diet and health surveys show the typical Australian diet is far from what is considered a healthy diet. Can vitamin and mineral supplements come to the rescue?
The Chinese £1bn investment in Sheffield, a former mining town in northern England, comes with valuable lessons about how Africa can maximise economic value in its dealings with China.
If the government wants people to be healthy, they’re going to need to make varied diets more affordable.
Storing waste CO2 in rock? Results from a test site at a geothermal plant in Iceland show that CO2 mixed with water can be turned into minerals in locations with basalt volcanic rock.
We hear a lot about how essential coal and other mineral exports are for Australia. Is it true? Only for a relatively small section of the population.
South Africa his rich in minerals that, combined with the development of nanotechnology, can be used to help it develop new energy technologies.
The world’s biggest known sapphire was formed and shaped by natural processes millions of years ago.
In a World Series of nutrition, don’t leave iron on the bench. Fortifying flour can prevent the iron deficiency anemia that affects hundreds of millions of women and children globally.
Mining the deep oceans for minerals may soon become a reality, but the risks involved are many. So who is able to regulate this emerging industry?
A growing body of research points to the detrimental effect of unhealthy diets and the protective value of healthy diets – along with select nutritional supplements as required – for maintaining and promoting mental health.
Mining waste rock from historic mines or even treated sewage to find useful metals and minerals could be a sustainable way to meet demand for these finite resources.
The early solar system was a busy place with plenty of meteorite impacts on the new planets and moons. But finding evidence of such impacts on Earth can be tricky.
On October 27, the last international troops closed their military camp in Southern Helmand Province and left Afghanistan, officially ending their combat role after 13 years of fighting. By the end of…
A new mineral – dubbed “putnisite” – has been discovered in Western Australia. Mineralogy researcher Dr Peter Elliott…
Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, is home to trees that contain some of the world’s highest concentrations of nickel. Antony van der…
Climate change in the past can tell us much about what is happening today. New research shows how plankton shells dredged from sea floors hold the information we seek. For climate data dating back as far…
The Sydney Morning Herald recently reported that information technology and biotech entrepreneurs are beginning to displace mining magnates at the top of the nation’s rich lists. Out goes resources tycoon…
Developed countries are using raw materials to sustain their economies at a much higher rate than that being captured in…
Researchers have shown that ancient Egyptian iron beads excavated in 1911 were hammered from pieces of meteorites, rather…
Top contributors
-
Professor of Geochronology, Curtin University
-
Lecturer in Geosciences, University of Montana
-
Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
-
Lecturer in International Studies, University of Washington
-
Professor in Earth Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Emeritus Professor of Mineral Physics, University of Cambridge
-
Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, King's College London
-
Professor of Geology and Geoscience Atom Probe Science Leader, Curtin University
-
Research Geochemist—Environment, disasters, and health, U.S. Geological Survey
-
Lecturer in Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand
-
Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey
-
Chair professor - Circular Economy, The University of Melbourne
-
Research Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey
-
Professor; NHMRC Clinical Research Fellow; NICM Health Research Institute Deputy Director, Western Sydney University
-
Professor of Geosciences, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
-
Research Associate, Department of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand; Chief Research Officer, Good Governance Africa; Managing Director, Harvey Economics Pty Ltd.