Naut's Tidbits & Snippets for Tuesday, November 13, 2007

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Now, here’s the kind of bug I could live with…

Australian researchers have discovered microorganisms that “eat” trace amounts of gold within rocks and then deposit them into larger nuggets. Mining companies are looking to use the critters instead of cyanide to pull gold from ore, which would be much less environmentally destructive. ( Discover,... Sign in to see full entry.

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