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ElectraLith is developing a filtration technology that can extract lithium from brine deposits without using water or chemicals, which woul...

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Rates of violence were surprisingly static over time, the team of researchers including a biological anthropologist found.

On Earth, most organisms use photosynthesis to harness energy from sunlight.

The film follows the story of life in a mining town in Chile's Atacama Desert.

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Santiago, May 27 (IANS) Chilean President Michelle Bachelet inaugurated the construction of the world's largest optical and infrared telesc...

Brasilia, Nov 5 (IANS) A team of Brazilian astronomers has discovered two new planets around a star similar to the sun known as HIP 68468.

NASA scientists are exploring the "driest place on Earth" that provides a Mars-like environment to study the limits of life, and test drill...

Astronomers have compiled the largest astronomical image to date - a picture of the Milky Way galaxy that contains 46 billion pixels.

Get ready to go on a whirlwind tour of top sporty destinations in the upcoming months. Time to cheer for the best team.

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THERE are two ways of reacting to the news that cigarettes will be dropped to 33 miners trapped 700 m underground since August 5.

BHP Billiton is seeking approval to build a US$3.5 billion water desalinization plant to service its Escondida copper mine in northern Chil...

Workers struck the world’s largest copper mine, jeopardising 8% of the global production and spurring prices to a three-week high.