Mintec, Inc., announced that Hexagon AB, a leading provider of design, measurement and
visualization technologies, has of today entered into an agreement to
acquire the company, a resource modeling, optimization, mine planning
and scheduling software developer for the mining industry.
"Headquartered in Tucson, AZ, USA, Mintec has with
its 232 employees grown into a global network of
From the Willi Hennig Society :
Hennig (April 20, 1913 – Nov. 5, 1976) is best known for developing phylogenetic systematics, a coherent theory of the investigation and presentation of the relations [...]
Armstrong (Nov. 20, 1890 – April 20, 1973) took Fay Wray to Skull Island in 1933. He returned later the same year to find The Son of Kong, only to lose him as the island sank, as these things are prone to [...]
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MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–Yoav and I had a long hike today into the Eocene succession of rock units in the northern Negev. We wanted to look especially at the Horsha Formation (Eocene, Lutetian) because it [...]
Continued growth in domestic natural gas production, along with substantially lower natural gas spot prices compared to crude oil, is reshaping the U.S. energy economy and attracting considerable interest in [...]
A short post on the National Science Foundation website explains what causes the red color of a blood moon and why the color varies from eclipse to
A landslide in Jackson, Wyoming, that so far has been moving slowly, is threatening a Walgreens, utility service for a large part of the city, and a number of residents. A favored solution to slowing the slide [...]
An article in the Toronto Star explains how homeowners in Ontario are seeing a rapid rise in their natural gas heating
El ilustrador finlandés Isis Masshiro es una apasionado de la cultura oriental y del cómic manga en particular. En su galería de DeviantArt podemos encontrar sus propias reinterpretaciones del horóscopo [...]
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I have a weakness for the beautiful scleractinian corals of the Matmor Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian-Oxfordian) of southern Israel. This particular specimen is Microsolena aff. M. sadeki from locality [...]
At this link is a New Yorker article that I read today. Read it and no comment from me is needed. It tells of the dark side of mining coal and the Republican corruption and blindness that is West [...]
... y ya hace cuatro que abrí esta bitácora. Esta semana le he echado un ojo a ese tiempo. O, mejor dicho, me he echado un ojo durante ese tiempo. Y voy a echarme flores, que hacerlo una vez al año es un [...]
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From Today in Science History:
Logan (April 20, 1798 – June 22, 1875) was a Canadian geologist dubbed the "Father of Canadian Geology." He began is career making geologic maps of coalfields in [...]
The information that is gathered during these marine geoscience expeditions contributes hugely to our knowledge and understanding of how the Earth [...]
Helium is one of the most interesting elements. Erik Klemetti explains how helium emissions in volcanic areas might help understand what is happening below. Related: What is
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has documented the formation of a small icy object within the rings of Saturn that may be a new moon, and may also provide clues to the formation of the planet’s known [...]
Although there are currently very tight controls (not quite a ban) on the export of crude oil, companies in the United States are exporting increasing amounts of refined products. Thousands of barrels per
Seven photographers from around the globe received awards for their stunning images of comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) at the Northeast Astronomy Forum held at Rockland Community College. Quoted from the National [...]
An article on the FuelFix website gives examples of how the shale plays have been grabbed and held mainly by small to medium-size oil
It's a sense of scale that helps us keep perspective. I was at Washburn Point in Yosemite National Park today, and I took a few shots with the zoom of the same spot across the way.
We have a bunch of people [...]
The Arizona Oil & Gas Conservation Commission approved permits (#1189-1193) to Kinder Morgan CO2 Co. for 5 wells to develop the St. John's carbon dioxide field in eastern Arizona.
Kinder Morgan plans on [...]
Spring is a great time to refresh your look and we’ve got some new lines in the Museum Store just in time to help! ax + apple Jamie Lyn of ax + apple dabbled in almost every possible visual [...]