Chilean scientists Ramiro Arratia und Rodrigo Ramírez-Tagle from Chemistry Science Department of Andrés Bello University, Santiago explain the characteristics of rhenium salts. Mineral composition created by them to detect and attack cancerous cells (Link below, in Spanish). 52% of worldwide Rhenium-produktion came from Chile. http://noticias.unab.cl/investigacion/el-mercurio-cientificos-chilenos-descubren-que-un-mineral-detecta-el-cancer/

I am asked more frequently by foreign colleagues : Why doesn’t any solar power plant exist  in Chile? It’s common knowledge in Chile that climate conditions for Solar Power are ideal in the Northern Atacama Desert. Even better than in California or Spain, where solar plants are actually installed. Is here any lack of vision or the [...]

Chilean government will take an option for nuclear energy, perhaps similar like Japan (but before Fukushima meltdown in three reactors), or even France, USA, Belgium. It fears not to fullfill and complete  the mission of 20% renewable energy in 2020. Everybody says: It’s too expensive. Looks true, at first sight,  if we don’t put into [...]

In Melipeuco, Araucanian Region, South of Chile on 13 th of April 2011 first Chilean geopark was proclaimed by regional, local and native authorities. At same time a geocientific and cultural symposium about geoparks and geoturism was held for four days with excursions into the active volcanics and native forests. Seems that humanity  on whole [...]

First week of april was signed for Chilean’s main industry, the mining sector by really important windows for opinions and discussion about the future of mining exploration activity. Like the IV International Forum from Cesco, held on 4th of april, where about one hundred of mining companies (from all scales) and institutions demonstrated their sucessfull [...]

After just two years in orbit, ESA’s GOCE satellite has gathered enough data to map Earth’s gravity with unrivalled precision. Scientists now have access to the most accurate model of the ‘geoid’ ever produced to further our understanding of how Earth works. The new geoid was unveiled today at the Fourth International GOCE User Workshop hosted [...]