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Volcanoes and virtues in ancient Greece
St Andrews will this week play host to public talks on two very different aspects of Greek and Roman culture: erupting volcanoes and virtues in Greek tragedy.
Grant for new volcano hazard warning system
* Pic caption - Dome of Montserrat volcano. Grey plume reaches temperatures of hundreds of degrees and destroys everything in its path. Credit - Montserrat Volcano Observatory. *
Meet the relatives: microbes mirror mankind
*Caption: boiling volcanic pool in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming - typical conditions for growth of archaea*
Ancient minerals could sustain mobile phone boom
Ancient minerals inside volcanoes in Greenland may hold the key to new sources for a rare element used in mobile 'phones.