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Oil rigs and oil spills
Posted on November 17th, 2009 by Nicky Harrison
Oil rig bursts into flames after massive spill (The Times)Fire on Australian oil rig delays plans to stop leak into Timor Sea (Guardian)
Australia oil well leak ‘plugged’ (BBC)
The Australian government is investigating the operator of the West Atlas oil rig, PTTEP to see if it caused the disaster.Exploration and Production in the Marine Environment (Australian policy)
Workshop on oil spill response (Ghanaian Government)see also:
How Oil Drilling Works
Oil Platform (Wikipedia)
HSE : Offshore Oil and Gas Resources
Magnetic removal of tumours
Posted on November 10th, 2009 by Nicky Harrison
Ferromagnetic tumour removal (The Engineer) This technique involves either injecting magnetic fluids in to tumours or coating them with ferromagnetic plastic films similar to those currently used for localized drug delivery. As well as requiring less invasive surgery this technique would also reduce the risk of cells breaking off the tumour while it was being removed and spreading to other areas of the body.
see also:Mussels Inspire New Surgical Glue Possibilities (Science Daily)Nanomagnets Guide Stem Cells To Damaged Tissue (Science Daily)
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