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Use of copper helps to cut down hospital infections

Antimicrobial copper surfaces in hospital rooms can reduce the number of healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs), according to a new science report.

In the Media by Tim Sandle - 6 comments

Tom Weston-Jones lays down the law on the crime series ‘Copper' Special

The British-born leading man of the critically-acclaimed Civil War-era police procedural cable series 'Copper' discusses playing his character, Det. Kevin Corcoran, a rugged Irish immigrant cop who seeks justice for the powerless in 1864 New York City.

Digital Journal Report by Earl Dittman

Canadian company wants to grow marijuana in a copper mine

A Canadian biotechnology company has expressed an aim to cultivate medical marijuana in a former copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The company has been growing other types of plants in the mine for more than a decade.

In the Media by Tim Sandle - 2 comments

Op-Ed: When theft can be capital

Hard times and rising prices for scrap metal are leading people to take insane risks stealing from the railway and electricity substations. Some are caught and prosecuted; others are not so lucky.

In the Media by Alexander Baron - 3 comments

Low zinc, copper levels may cause 'spontaneous abortion'

Researchers at the University of Granada (UGR) announced they have confirmed low levels of zinc and copper in pregnant women's plasma are associated with miscarriage, a complication that affects up to 15 percent of pregnant women, the scientists claimed.

In the Media by Elizabeth Cunningham Perkins

Phones don't ring after thieves steal phone wire for copper

When the phones stopped ringing for hours in Quincy, Massachusetts customers were puzzled. It seems industrious thieves had made off with telephone wires from two of the city's utility poles.

In the Media by KJ Mullins

Six days after accident Chilean miners still trapped underground

Copiap - Today, six days since the cave-in of a tunnel in a copper and gold mine buried 33 mining workers near the city of Copiapó in the Atacama Desert, intense efforts to contact and rescue the workers have not succeeded.

In the Media by Igor I. Solar - 1 comment

Ancient pyramid in Peru headquarters of a ’copper culture?’

Lima - Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a pyramid used not to bury the dead, but for the living. The 1,400-year-old structure is near the country’s coast, and scholars speculate the inhabitants were master coppersmiths.

In the Media by Christopher Szabo - 2 comments

The Spoils of War - China in Afghanistan

While NATO countries, and especially the US, lose lives in Afghanistan and invest billions into the so-called war against terrorism, China invests, works and builds; and will soon harvest rich treasure.

In the Media by R. C. Camphausen - 1 comment

Copper prices surge indicating signs of economic recovery

Copper prices hit a high on Friday of just over $3 a pound and is a strong indicator that economic recovery is at hand as construction and technologies have increased their demands.

In the Media by Jay David Murphy - 4 comments

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