14-07-24 Molten rock (or magma) has a strong influence on our planet and its inhabitants(居民) , causing destructive volcanic eruptions and generating some of the giant mineral deposits. Our understanding of these phenomena is, however, limited by the fact...
14-04-02 The amount of water present in the moon may have been overestimated by scientists studying the mineral apatite(磷灰石) , says a team of researchers led by Jeremy Boyce of the UCLA Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences. Boyce and his co...
14-01-09 Previous studies have established that carbon binds to tiny mineral particles. In this latest study, published in Nature Communications, researchers of the Technische Universitt Mnchen (TUM) and the Helmholtz Zentrum Mnchen have shown that the surfa...
13-03-01 Mineral evolution is a new way to look at our planet's history. It's the study of the increasing diversity and characteristics of Earth's near-surface minerals, from the dozen that arrived on interstellar(星际的) dust particles when the Solar Syst...
12-10-12 Topaz(黄晶,黄玉) is a hard, transparent mineral. It is a compound of aluminum, silica, and fluorine(氟). Gem topaz is valuable. Jewelers call this variety of the stone precious topaz. The best-known precious topaz gems range in color from rich...
12-06-27 In 1969, an exploding fireball tore through the sky over Mexico, scattering thousands of pieces of meteorite(陨星) across the state of Chihuahua. More than 40 years later, the Allende meteorite is still serving the scientific community as a rich s...
12-02-06 Could the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect against carcinogens(致癌物) ? A study published in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (CJPP) found that rats gi...
10-07-21 The Supreme Court in Guinea has confirmed that there will be a second round in the country's landmark presidential election. 几内亚最高法院确认,具里程碑意义的国家总统选举将举行第二轮决胜选举。 Former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo is the front...
10-06-15 Afghanistan may have more than a trillion dollars worth of untapped mineral deposits, a spokesman for the ministry of mines has suggested. 阿富汗一位矿产部发言人称,阿富汗可能蕴藏超过一万亿美元的未开采矿藏。 A joint team from the Pentagon, US Geolog...
09-07-21 Western mineral firms are fuelling violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo by failing to check where their raw materials come from, activists say. 活动分子称,刚果民主共和国西部的矿物公司因检查不出原材料的来源而被暴力充斥。 Rebel groups control...