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| STORIES ABOUT: Platinum |
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| Platinum Deposits Revealed by Diamonds |  | 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 many years. Diamonds, another important part of the riches of South Africa, are now revealing the origin of the unique platin ... [read more >>] | | 12 June 2008, 05:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| OCZ Introduces High-Density 4 GB DDR3-2000 Memory Kits |  | 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 computing applications.
The new memory products join the OCZ Platinum family, and deliver blistering clock speeds fo ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2008, 05:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Motorola KRZR Dressed in Platinum and Swarovski Crystals |  | 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 ... [read more >>] | | 23 January 2008, 08:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Exclusive Platinum Edition iPhone |  | 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" m ... [read more >>] | | 10 December 2007, 07:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Rapid Method for Finding Platinum |  | 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 reactions. Palladium is employed for car catalytic converters that make eliminated gases less toxic.
But finding and ex ... [read more >>] | | 26 September 2007, 05:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Mystery of the Shrinking Standard Kilogram |  | 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 average of dozens of copies. The mystery is that they were all made of the same material, and many were made at ... [read more >>] | | 14 September 2007, 06:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nanocrystals Made of Diamond-like Cubic Zirconia Could Produce More Efficient Fuel Cells |  | 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 problems to be overcome, like hydrogen economy, the high temperature required by the chemical processes and their ove ... [read more >>] | | 10 July 2007, 11:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| How to Find Platinum in Road Dust |  | 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 source: cars. This precious metal has recently become even more valuable (it is more pricey than gold) due to new in ... [read more >>] | | 06 July 2007, 09:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Platinum Nanocrystals Boost Fuel Cells Efficiency |  | 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" structure, that is, a three-dimensional geometrical form having 24 equal facets and can be as much as four ... [read more >>] | | 04 May 2007, 05:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| European PSP Price Drop |  | Sony's finally considering a price drop for their shiny black handheld gaming system, the PSP. In Europe that is. [AD ... [read more >>] | | 25 April 2007, 09:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| A Platinum Drug Against Breast Cancer |  | 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 levels of a growth-promoting protein called HER2, and can be treated with the monoclonal antibody Herceptin. ... [read more >>] | | 24 April 2007, 04:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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