New national academy aims to lift Denmark into the global super league in data science areas such as machine learning, artificial intelligence and the.
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Scientists have developed a new ‘key-hole surgery’ technique to extract metals from the Earth which could revolutionize the future of metal mining.
A team of international researchers, including Dr. Rich Crane from the Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, have developed a new method to extract metals, such as copper, from their parent ore body.
The research team have provided a proof of concept for the application of an electric field to control the movement of an acid within a low permeability copper-bearing ore deposit to selectively dissolve and recover the metal in situ.
This is in contrast to the conventional approach for the mining of such deposits where the material must be physically excavated, which requires removal of both overburden and any impurities within the ore (known as gangue material).
The International Space Station (ISS) is backdropped over Miami, Florida. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
CTech – During an official opening event on behalf of the Israel Space Agency, the Ramon Foundation, and the Ministry of Science and Technology, which took place on Wednesday, second Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe revealed which Israeli technologies’ proposals made the cut and will accompany him on his February 2022 mission to the International Space Station. Several leading public and industry figures were in attendance including Inbal Kreiss, head of the Technological Committee which chose the experiments; Chairman of the Ramon Foundation, Ran Livne; Director-General of the ISA Avi Blasberger; and Director General of the Ministry of Science and Technology Shai-Lee Spigelman, among others.
Everton’s Nicoline Sørensen: ‘Everyone says my studies sound exciting’ Louise Taylor
Nicoline Sørensen is on a twin mission. The Denmark forward wants to propel Everton into Europe while also taking every opportunity to help make science a more accessible, and fashionable, career choice for young women.
Away from the pitch, Sørensen spends at least 25 hours a week as a remote-based innovation engineering student with the Technical University of Denmark and her eyes light up when she is asked to outline what this speciality entails.
The abbreviated answer is that it involves challenging scientific tradition. It is all about finding new ways to do things, typically by developing innovative techniques and products to solve problems and satisfy the latest global demands. The high-speed trains under development in China, which use an electromagnetic levitation technique to float above conventional rail tracks, constitute a prime example.