Amber is seen by most people as a gemstone, but it is actually fossil resin aged between thirty and ninety million years old. Amber is available in four varieties: Blue amber, Dominican amber, Baltic amber and Delatynite. The most valuable of these is the Blue amber. Amber is commonly used in bead making, jewelery and in ornaments. Amber is also sometimes used in cigar-holders and for the mouth pieces of pipes. The Turks see this usage as valuable so as to avoid the p...

You have heard about fossil watches for a long time and could not begin to image what it was, a fossil-something long dead from the prehistoric era. Then, you learn that it is really a watch-a timepiece used by a lot of people. It is more of brand name than a specific item. So, exactly what is it? Fossil is a designer and manufacturer of clothing and accessories, primarily in watches and jewelry, and they recently expanded into making sunglasses and wallets. But, you are n...

Just imagine a world with abundant energy, enabling you to live the good life forever... Isn't that what most of us crave? Nuclear energy is magic isn't it? Nuclear energy has no greenhouse gas emissions. The latest technology has made it safe and we can bury nuclear waste without worrying about radiation. Business as usual without doing any harm. Perfect! Well, is it? Nuclear energy is magical thing. It's hard to understand how it works and it's easy to get bam...

Prince Albert of Monaco's lobbying to make fellow world leaders aware of environmental issues is being matched at home with a radical drive to make Monaco one of the leading environmentally friendly countries in Europe.

A node is a particular type of imperfection in a piece of structural timber, which reduces its force, but which can be exploited for the artistic effect. In a longitudinal-sawn board, a node will appear as piece (usually darker) ?full? harshly circular with wood around whose the harshly parallel fibres (grain) of the remainder of ?runs? (parts and joined). A node is really part of a side branch (or a dormant bud) included in the wood of the stem or the larger branch. The p...

Global warming refers to the untoward rise of temperature near the earth?s surface due in effect to the accumulation of greenhouse gases. This phenomenon was observed as early as the 18th to mid 19th century in view of the rapid industrialization in developed countries. This activity, which employed heavy machinery and compounded by the use of fossil fuels all contributed to the massive build-up of the atmosphere?s greenhouse gases. In an ideal setting (just before the ind...

Have you ever seen a HazMat team or a cleanup crew on TV and wondered what all of those neat-looking gadgets that they use are? If you do, you have probably wondered what RAE systems are. They are a series of atmospheric monitors that can detect things like dangerous gases that are in the air. These types of machines are crucial when it comes to public safety. A gas leak, an accidental fire, and other things can all lead to hazardous materials being in the air. Gas detectors ...