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Bloody spit: Ghana waste dump poses health, environmental 'crisis'
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An acrid haze hung over a sprawling dump in Ghana's capital, Accra, as excavators gouged into mounds of smoldering garbage.
An acrid haze hung over a sprawling dump in Ghana's capital, Accra, as excavators gouged into mounds of smoldering garbage.
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Turkish province despairs at being Europe's plastic dump
At first glance, the canal near which Ibrahim Yildiz grazes his sheep in the southern Adana province appears idyllic, framed by rows of clementine trees—until the mountains of plastic shavings come into view.
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Quantum could solve AI energy drain, says tech founder
Quantum computers could curb the vast energy demands of artificial intelligence data centers with their ability to run complex calculations, one of the tech's pioneers told AFP.
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Making metal–organic frameworks easier to shape for electronic devices
In 1974, the University of Melbourne's chemistry professor Richard Robson had the idea of replacing the wooden balls and metal rods used in structural models with molecules and chemical bonds. He began experimenting with copper ions linked by a four-armed organic molecule, creati
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Ice core records uncover widespread air pollution from early 20th-century copper production
About a century ago, the Anaconda Copper Mine complex near Butte, Montana, was emitting vast amounts of air pollution into the atmosphere. As small particles of arsenic and other heavy metals were carried by winds over the Arctic, storms eventually helped pull them to the ground,
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Digging up the past can change the ground beneath it
Archaeological excavation uncovers the past but also changes the landscape that has preserved sites for centuries or millennia. These changes influence water flow, soil erosion and the stability of exposed remains. Researchers from Istanbul Technical University and the U.S. have
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