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The recently announced startup Planetary Resources, whose main area of activity will be asteroid mining, has already attracted over 2,000 prospective employees. All of them want the chance to work in this emerging field, which was science-fiction just a few years ago.
Perhaps one of the things that lends so much cre... |
15 May 2012
09:16 GMT |
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German-Chinese power and cooling device manufacturer Xilence has just announced the new XQ Series Power Supplies with models ranging from 750W to 1000W, on its official website. There's a total of three new models: a gold-certified 750 Watt unit and a platinum-certified 850 Watt that are available now. The 1 KW... |
15 May 2012
02:59 GMT |
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Google co-founder Larry Page and renowned director James Cameron are among the investors in a newly-unveiled company, called Planetary Resources Inc. The purpose of this startup is to use advanced technologies to create spacecraft capable of mining asteroids.
Water and precious metals will be the main targets of th... |
24 April 2012
03:51 GMT |
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Even though the web has been frantic about the Intel Ivy Bridge series of CPUs, makers of motherboards haven't forgotten about Advanced Micro devices or its own chips.
Sapphire is the one making a move in this part of the worldwide market, having created the pure Platinum A55V.
The name may be somewhat mislea... |
27 March 2012
03:36 GMT |
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In a new series of laboratory tests, experts at the University of Leeds were able to demonstrate that silver can be just as effective against cancer as leading drugs used in chemotherapy. The research also found that using the chemical produces fewer side-effects, too.
Details of the investigation appear in the late... |
3 February 2012
05:36 GMT |
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Legendary video game developer Hideo Kojima has told the most recent issues of the Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu that a playable version of the upcoming Metal Gear Rising video game will be playable at the E3 2012 trade event, which suggests that the team working on the game is on track to launch it during 2012.In... |
19 January 2012
22:01 GMT |
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Like so many other companies, Philips did not miss the chance to attend the 2011 edition of the IFA trade show in Berlin, Germany, having created, among other things, a pair of high-end TV lines.There are many ways circumstances under which companies may come forward and release some new product or other.Granted, in... |
5 September 2011
04:16 GMT |
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Asus announced its range of GTX 580 Matrix graphics cards just a couple of days ago and now the company has informed members of the press that the GPUs should become available in stores in about two weeks from today.
The first GTX 580 Matrix graphics card to make its appearance is the Platinum edition, while the r... |
8 June 2011
09:50 GMT |
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Computex should start within the next 24 hours, so it stands to reason that some things will be spotted on display even before the official start of the show, things like the new PSU line from GeIL. When it comes to PC power efficiency, one might say that the power supply is a major element that users have to check... |
30 May 2011
03:20 GMT |
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A group of physicists from the United States announces the development of a new method of producing hydrogen fuel cells. The approach does not require the use of scarce and expensive platinum, and this could significantly contribute to boosting this field of research.Fuel cells have been touted as the next big thing ... |
22 April 2011
03:45 GMT |
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Even with MWC 2011 hosting the launch of many products, PC and PC hardware makers, like Cougar, are looking forward to CeBIT, when they too will be able to announce their latest creations, such as new PSUs and cases.Now that the trade show focused on mobile devices is ending, IT companies are looking to the future a... |
17 February 2011
03:49 GMT |
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While the 80Plus Gold rating is thought by some to be the highest one that a PSU may attain, that is not so, as 80 Plus Platinum also exists, although very few power supplies have earned it, like a certain new product from Huntkey.CES may have been in full swing last week, but Huntkey, back in Shenzen, China, issued... |
10 January 2011
06:34 GMT |
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A new research carried out by the University of Warwick concluded that blue light can actually activate what could be the first very effective platinum-based cancer treatment.Warwick researchers had already found a platinum-based compound that they could activate with ultra-violet light, the only problem w... |
10 December 2010
05:25 GMT |
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Investigators have recently proved in a series of experiments that the evolution of shelled animals can be influenced by external factors that have little to do with natural selection.The new work may reignite a decades-old scientific debate concerning the development and evolution of a wide class of shelled animals.... |
9 October 2010
06:03 GMT |
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A team of experts has recently developed a new approach to constructing catalytic converters such as those that go on cars. Their devices need less of the active chemical needed for the reactions.Converters usually contain the expensive and rare chemical platinum, which is also of extreme importance to clean-energy a... |
28 September 2010
03:52 GMT |
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One industry analyst stated his belief that the price increase for Xbox Live Gold that Microsoft has announced this week is a way of increasing the revenue derived from it in order to get the investment needed to then launch a new service, Platinum level, that will contain new features, possibly including exclusive c... |
3 September 2010
03:09 GMT |
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Obsessed collectors and more casual role playing fans should be happy to know that Nintendo is set to launch Pokemon Black and White, two new games in the long running franchise, in the fall of this year. For the first time since the launch of Diamond and Pearl, the Japanese company will offer new adventures for the ... |
12 April 2010
05:11 GMT |
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According to a group of researchers, it may be that replacing the expensive platinum catalyst currently used in diesel engines to reduce exhaust fumes would lead to cheaper and more efficient engines. That is to say, the platinum catalyst, which is regularly used in filters, could make way for a new generation of mat... |
26 March 2010
04:33 GMT |
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Carbon nanotubes are, at this point, some of the most promising materials that science is developing. They are very tiny, and yet incredibly strong, and hold great promise for uses in medicine, biology and the electronics industry, among others. However, producing them is a very complex process, which relies on using... |
25 February 2010
06:36 GMT |
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In a finding that could mean the age of electrical vehicles is almost upon us, scientists at the Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, near Paris, France, managed to replace the expensive chemical element platinum as the main catalyst used in hydrogen production. This means that, as soon as the method is adopted wo... |
4 December 2009
06:56 GMT |
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Each year, as Christmas nears, members of the international scientific community start celebrating the season in their own way, by taking the high-tech approach. For instance, this year, experts at the UK National Physics Laboratory (NPL) have created a snowman, which would be nothing special in itself, if their crea... |
4 December 2009
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Sony has officially confirmed that the God of War Collection release is coming on November 17 and has also put out a list of all the PlayStation 3 Trophies that gamers will be able to earn by playing the two titles included in it. The Collection is set to allow them to get through the two previous titles in the Krato... |
28 October 2009
08:41 GMT |
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According to a team of experts from the University of Warwick, it may be that using the transition metallic elements Ruthenium and Osmium could lead to the creation of new and improved drugs for conditions such as colon and ovarian cancer. The new drugs may be especially effective against cancerous cells that have al... |
19 October 2009
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Scientists from CSIRO Minerals Down Under Flagship, led by researcher Dr. Stephen Barnes, have finally been able to put a timescale on the intricate convection processes that take place deep inside our planet, when they have determined how platinum is generated throughout the core. The convection processes inside the... |
1 August 2009
03:31 GMT |
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If there's anything inseparable from the handhelds released by Nintendo, it's the Pokemon franchise, which has generated one of the most important series of videogames for the platform, with huge sales and a very big fan base. And it seems that the Japanese videogame developer and publisher is getting ready... |
4 May 2009
05:23 GMT |
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Stealth action games have been around for quite some time, but didn't really spark a lot of interest until Japanese designer Hideo Kojima created the famous Metal Gear Solid series. The franchise introduced an elaborate and intricate story focusing on the main character, Solid Snake, a tactical ops special agent... |
17 February 2009
12:41 GMT |
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In spite of the promising predictions made during the changing of the millennium about hydrogen, which was supposed to fuel the average vehicles (from car to airplane and ship), supply the energy production process, and do all that without posing a threat to the environment, almost a decade later things are still as ... |
1 December 2008
05:49 GMT |
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Most of the platinum metal extracted around the world comes from the Bushveld Complex located in South Africa, a region believed to have been created out of ancient magma some two billion years ago. However, why that particular area is so rich in platinum and other related metals remained a topic open for debate for ... |
12 June 2008
05:30 GMT |
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Overclocking specialist OCZ Technology premiered world's first 4 GB DDR3 memory kit running at 2000 MHz. According to the company, the new memory solution comes in 2 x 2 GB modules built with high-density DDR3 chips and primarily targets ultra-high-end desktop solutions for both gaming and high-performance compu... |
9 May 2008
05:48 GMT |
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Goldstriker International brings us another luxury edition mobile phone, the Motorola KRZR, which was recently dressed in platinum and Swarovski crystals. As you probably know, Motorola KRZR is by default a fashion mobile phone, so adding a luxury cover only makes it even more appealing for those who want to look "pr... |
23 January 2008
08:41 GMT |
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After other handsets had done it, Apple's iPhone goes platinum too. Not in the way a music CD can go, by being sold in more than one million copies (although the iPhone sold more than that and will continue to sell), but in the way a mobile phone adds a "little" make-over and is dressed in precious metal for peo... |
10 December 2007
07:08 GMT |
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Gold comes at a small price compared to platinum and palladium. And the main target of the palladium and platinum quest is not their use in jewelry. These precious and extremely rare metals are crucial in the automobile, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, being unmatched as catalysts in various chemical reaction... |
26 September 2007
05:32 GMT |
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Surprisingly enough, nowadays, one kilogram weighs less than it did a century ago…about 50 micrograms less. The 118-year-old international prototype for the metric mass, kept tightly under lock outside Paris, is mysteriously losing weight. "The reference kilo appears to have lost 50 micrograms compared with the avera... |
14 September 2007
06:41 GMT |
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A new invention could make fuel cells much more reliable and less expensive, using very small crystal sizes to create cubic zirconia and greatly decreasing the temperature at which fuel cells can operate.Though fuel cells could one day replace the internal combustion engine, there are still some technological proble... |
10 July 2007
11:22 GMT |
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That's exactly what a scientist is doing: she digs for platinum. In fact, she's not even digging, she's just searching for the precious metal in the dust on the roads and she estimates many kilograms of platinum are being sprayed onto streets and roads each year.Platinum comes from an unexpected sourc... |
6 July 2007
09:47 GMT |
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THQ has revealed to the press yesterday that Relic Entertainment's epic "Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War" RTS series is now available in one comprehensive set with the same title and a Platinum Edition stamped on it. The collection contains all three of the franchise's award-winning titles, plus a content-pac... |
30 May 2007
17:31 GMT |
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A new form of platinum has been produced by a research team composed of electrochemists and materials scientists, which can greatly increase the present catalytic chemical processes such as those used to catalyze fuel oxidation and produce hydrogen for fuel cells. The new nanocrystals have a "tetrahexahedral" struc... |
4 May 2007
05:41 GMT |
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Sony's finally considering a price drop for their shiny black handheld gaming system, the PSP. In Europe that is. Currently, the PSP retails for GBP 149.99 / EUR 199.99. Thus, as of May 4 the PSP will retail for no more, no less than GBP 129.99 in the UK and EUR 169.99 in the rest of Europe, as gameindustry.biz ... |
25 April 2007
09:40 GMT |
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Besides its morbid side, breast cancer hits in a woman's sex-appeal. About 65 % of breast cancers are activated by estrogen and progesterone acting on their receptor molecules, and antiestrogen drugs have good results for these cases. 20 - 30 % of the tumors, some with hormone receptors, are activated by high l... |
24 April 2007
04:05 GMT |
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