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A new strategic partnership promises to transform tunnel development technology. The recently announced collaboration ...

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Lithium Plus Minerals has uncovered high-grade beryllium mineralisation from reassessment of drill core at its Spotted Wonder project in the Northern Territory.

A couple of years ago, a Brembo engineer told me something that stuck: If you buy a car with carbon-ceramic brakes, you’ll likely never need to replace the rotors. I’d heard the benefits of ...

ETH Zurich scientists confirmed that solid rock flows deep inside Earth, solving a decades-old mystery about seismic waves.

Etched onto rocks on a remote peninsula in Western Australia are millions of images drawn tens of thousands of years ago by the country’s original inhabitants, including the earliest known ...

Country music superstar Kid Rock took on the challenge and opened his own fine-dining seafood spot with a patriotic spin: The Detroit Cowboy. Decals of bald eagles with American flag-patterned ...