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In her first interview since giving birth, Beyonce said that Blue Ivy Carter, her first child, would be raised as a “normal” kid who wouldn't be spoiled rotten just because her parents are rich. According to the latest report, that's exactly what she's doing. InTouch Weekly claims in this w... |
6 February 2012
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Things between Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have taken a nasty turn, following reports that he's not at all pleased with her romance with a much younger man. Determined to move on from the failed marriage, Jennifer will be giving away all the jewelry Marc ever gave her.
A source claiming to be close to the ... |
15 December 2011
13:51 GMT |
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Scientists propose in a new study that certain extrasolar planets could be made out of diamond. Such worlds would most definitely be uninhabitable, since the conditions required to create this carbon compound are not exactly friendly to life.
Ohio State University expert Wendy Panero believes that a world made out ... |
6 December 2011
08:10 GMT |
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Not only is Kim Kardashian entitled to keep the 20.5-carat, $2 million (€1.45 million) ring, but she will actually do so. Kim's mother Kris Jenner tried to avoid answering the question the other day, but she chose to answer it on Good Morning America. As anyone who's been keeping up with the Kardashi... |
4 November 2011
16:11 GMT |
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Think diamonds in the unlikeliest places: luxury lingerie company Nichole de Carle has just launched a pair of knickers with a real, certified diamond. It costs £232 ($366,3 or € 266,4) and will become available next month. Whereas Victoria's Secret has long created lingerie items that use diamonds ... |
21 October 2011
15:11 GMT |
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Diamonds are a girl’s best friends because they never go out of style or betray her. The same seems to apply to a face cream which contains diamond particles, the Judith Williams Luxury Diamond cream, which has been selling by the millions in the UK since it came out. Developed by television personality and ope... |
18 October 2011
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A team of physicists from the Stanford University announces the creation of a new type of amorphous carbon, which was obtained in an experimental setup under extreme pressures. The researchers say that the material rivals diamond in terms of harshness.However, the amorphous structure this form of carbon has isn'... |
18 October 2011
06:32 GMT |
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A few years ago, Victoria’s Secret came out with an idea that combined two things women loved the most: expensive, quality and gorgeous lingerie and diamonds. Miranda Kerr is the latest to model one of these unique pieces. The Fantasy Treasure Bra is estimated at $2.5 million (€1.8 million) and will mark K... |
17 October 2011
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Standard plate tectonics theory holds that the planetary crust gets submerged at subduction zones. It then gets decomposed and recycled, with new crust forming in specialized areas called ridges. A new study has now determined that the recycling can occur in the lower mantle as well. Our planet is divided into three ... |
16 September 2011
08:13 GMT |
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Electrical engineers working at the Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, recently announced they have created the world's first transistors and logical gates built using nano-diamond films, a breakthrough which could lead to the development of higher performing and more energy efficient computer chips.... |
10 August 2011
06:11 GMT |
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Though jewelers can't stand them, impurities that develop in diamonds when the precious stones are formed are a treasure trove for science, because they hold clues as to how the Earth looked like hundreds of millions of years ago. If ancient minerals are trapped within diamond, then they will survive unaltered f... |
22 July 2011
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A collaboration of physicists in the United States announce the development of a diamond aerogel, a new material that could have a wide array of applications. Possible uses range from improving electronics to making space exploration easier than ever before. Also known as frozen smoke, aerogels are materials that con... |
10 May 2011
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She may not have been the best Oscar host in the history of the awards but there is one thing clear: as far as fashion is concerned, Anne Hathaway killed it. She was among the best-dressed ladies at the party and she had accessories to match – which she was paid to wear, it has emerged.
Usually, the gowns a... |
1 March 2011
16:41 GMT |
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According to experts in chemistry, diamond may in fact have a cousin. They say that T-carbon may be a form of the common chemical that is a bit softer than diamonds, but still harsher than other forms of the stuff, such as for example graphite. Diamond is the most stable and organized form of carbon. It is only produ... |
1 March 2011
04:13 GMT |
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For more than 600 years, diamonds have been used for a variety of applications, to cut materials, and o polish other diamonds. Now, all these years later, German researchers finally demonstrate how is it that this can be achieved with the hardest material in the world. Investigators from the Freiburg-based Fraunhofer... |
29 November 2010
10:01 GMT |
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Straight out of the world of filthy rich millionaires where the MacBook doesn't make that much of a statement anymore comes the Classic Bespoke, a €5,200 laptop that is bound to make you a star among your billionaire friends.Appropriately released at the Millionaire Fair in Moscow, this latest Munk Bogball... |
28 October 2010
03:29 GMT |
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Earth scientists are trying to determine our planet's history through a variety of means, but recently they took to doing so by studying diamonds, some of the most expensive and rare rocks in the world.Though, for commercial applications, clear diamonds are priceless, researchers are looking for the exact opposi... |
7 October 2010
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The key to the next generation of supercomputers might just be diamonds with small nitrogen-filled holes in them, according to some California scientists.Who ever said that “diamonds are a girl's best friend” did not know any computer specialist, the proof being the latest invention of researchers fr... |
28 August 2010
05:31 GMT |
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A group of German researchers, together with partners in the industry, recently managed to create one of the most advanced materials produced lately. Their innovation combines the best characteristics of diamonds and high-performance ceramics into a single material. The outstanding features of the new diamond-coated ... |
19 May 2010
09:47 GMT |
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It's no secret to anyone that flawless diamonds are the most expensive ones. That naturally happens because they are very rare. A large portion of all extracted diamonds have flaws, while others only small defects. Some time ago, researchers at the University of California in Santa Barbara (UCSB) have determined... |
4 May 2010
09:43 GMT |
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A group of researchers has recently announced the development of a new type of nanoscale tip that represents a significant improvement from existing technologies. The new structure, which is shaped like a tip, has a massive resistance to wear, and is far more suitable for a wide range of applications than its silicon... |
26 February 2010
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Researchers at the Harvard University have recently finished developing a new type of diamond-based nanowire devices, which hold great promise for the creation of nanomaterials based on the strong carbon compound. These materials could, in turn, be used in quantum cryptography and computing, as well as imaging method... |
15 February 2010
04:36 GMT |
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Diamond is renowned for being one of the most resistant materials on the planet. The carbon compound's structure is tied together in such a way that it does not allow for it to disintegrate very easily. As many of you know, diamond is also capable of cutting through pure glass, which is no mean feat. But, recent... |
12 February 2010
18:11 GMT |
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Quantum computers are currently one of the largest objectives for the electronics industry. They will be able to calculate immensely complicated codes faster and more accurately than the current technology can, as they will make use of the quantic principle of superposition. This principle dictates that a quantum bit... |
23 September 2009
10:56 GMT |
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A new archaeological investigation conducted on the Santa Rosa Island off the coast of Santa Barbara by scientists from the University of California in Santa Barbara (UCSB) has revealed traces of nanodiamonds, which seem to indicate that a comet struck the location some 12,900 years ago. The team believes that traces... |
22 July 2009
09:48 GMT |
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For quite some time now, people have looked at diamonds as being the most tough, naturally occurring materials on Earth. But that wisdom is about to be challenged by a mathematical model, which says that a new, exotic form of carbon has the ability to break the ultra-tough inner structure of the diamond. And, beyond ... |
13 May 2009
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Researchers at the University of Glasgow (UG) recently took the first place in the race to construct the world's smallest diamond transistor, when they constructed one only 50 nanometers in length. The new device is the work of UG Department of Electronics & Electrical Engineering expert Dr. David Moran and his ... |
15 April 2009
08:21 GMT |
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The US Air Force has big plans for its future generation of fighter jets, which will apparently have the ability to generate high-powered microwaves (HPM). This would allow American pilots to disrupt any enemy plane's electrical systems, but would also expose their own craft to the same risks. That's why th... |
14 March 2009
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Finding the temperature tipping point at which diamonds melt has been very important to scientists at the Sandia National Laboratories, for a few important reasons. First off, it has pointed to a state of carbon where three of its forms (solid diamond, liquid carbon and bc8) exist together. Secondly, it has given clu... |
19 February 2009
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New research, published recently in the journal Science, seems to point at the fact that saber tooths, mammoths, giant sloths and camels, as well as the Clovis culture, were driven into extinction by a 1,300 year-long cold spell, triggered by numerous comet impacts in 6 states across the northern US and several in so... |
5 January 2009
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Goldstriker has announced that it plans to release a new phone to fit its lineup of luxurious devices. The new addition is a beautiful Nokia 8800 Princess Edition, which is reported to soon go on sale in the Colette store in Paris in January 2009, and, undoubtedly, it will not be anywhere close to cheap.The reason fo... |
30 December 2008
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Although the Bushmen living in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve already have a difficult time finding water and are facing severe shortages, a new ruling by the Botswana government says that the Gem Diamonds company can only operate in the region if it denies water supplies to the indigenous people. The central auth... |
11 December 2008
09:05 GMT |
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Bling – the final frontier. That's the first thing that came to my mind as I first looked at the new headphones from the London-based DEOS. In fact, we're not even talking about the headphones themselves but about an even funnier thing: special-design covers, adorned in full or in half with Swarovski ... |
9 October 2008
08:43 GMT |
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In the world of high-end radios, Sonoro is a well-known name, similar to refined excellence and great technologies, all packed in the niftiest shapes around. While spearheading the radio design movement, it looks like Sonoro are at the same time willing to make uncanny experiments involving their gear and thus releas... |
2 October 2008
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A new study shows that the massive explosion of a comet into Earth's atmosphere during the last Ice Age might have rained diamonds and precious metals over the North American continent, leading to the mass killing of both animals and humans alike. In fact, most of the diamonds and precious metal deposits in seve... |
8 July 2008
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Ever wondered what you would do if you happened to just find $10,000 lying around on the street? Well, I'm sure each and every one of us would have a substantial wish list to go with the cash prize, but how about spending it all on a pair of denim? And I'm not talking about some exclusive vintage Chanel des... |
13 June 2008
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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
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Mining diamonds from Earth's crust is a messy business, especially if you consider that they are rather rare on the surface. Scientists predict that larger amounts of diamonds may be found in our planet's inner regions where they usually form; however, the enormous pressure inside the Earth and the great de... |
27 February 2008
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If money is not a problem for you and you have already bought a couple of islands and some land on the Moon and Mars, here is what your next acquisition should be: the $600,000 Personal Computer! It's not a joke, not even a mistake: six hundred thousand US dollars for ONE computer. So... do you think it's w... |
29 January 2008
06:04 GMT |
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Well, for an average person to tell the difference between a diamond and an inexpensive cubic zirconia crystal is pretty easy, as the cubic zirconia quickly loses its luster. However, while dealing with a real diamond and a synthetic one, the identification process could prove to be a challenge taking into considerat... |
8 January 2008
02:53 GMT |
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Diamonds have fascinated humans ever since they were discovered, with their breathtaking beauty and unsurpassed hardness. Thus, modern technology is seeking for new ways of synthesizing such crystals in industrial facilities, in order to make them available for everybody. An allotrope form of carbon, the diamond is t... |
4 January 2008
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Can you believe it's actually been six weeks since Pamela Anderson's boobs wed Rick Salomon's sex tape obsessed brains in Las Vegas? Yes, it's been six weeks - which as far as my expectations were concerned is basically a lifetime. It's like they married sixty years ago, had children, grandch... |
21 November 2007
06:48 GMT |
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Diamonds are often compared to stars and viceversa, sparkling with bright light. The explosion which created the whole observable universe produced matter composed of 99.9 percent hydrogen. Even today most of the matter present in the universe is still in the form of molecular hydrogen. Stars are made up of this wide... |
15 November 2007
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Over EUR 15,000 worth of diamonds are put up in a competition that will mark the launch of the 'Diamond Detective' mobile game. RealNetworks has just been released this as a mobile version to the already well-known PC puzzle game and hopes to strike gold with at least the same amount of success. The mobile ... |
13 November 2007
08:02 GMT |
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A new phone model, part of the Signature line of handset has just been released by Vertu, the luxury mobile phone producing other personality of Nokia. The device follows the trend that this company has gotten us used to see coming from them, combining precious metals and stones with evolved technology.Vertu has alwa... |
6 November 2007
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Nokia N95 was a pricey smartphone even in its original form, before becoming a high tech bling-bling. As if that was not enough and the thrills of having misplaced it have not been strong enough until now, a special edition sticks 18 carat gold and 325 diamonds to the handset to cause real panic in such situations.Th... |
3 October 2007
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Peanut butter is a favorite breakfast and snack for many Americans, and not only for them. The food paste, made primarily from ground roasted peanuts, with or without added oil, was first used by the Pre-Columbian peoples of Mexico, who used it as a base for various "moles", meaning sauces.Now, a team of scientists p... |
30 June 2007
06:05 GMT |
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Vertu is the most famous and probably the most appreciated manufacturer of luxury mobile phones. Their latest creation is the Vertu Pink Diamonds Signature handset.All Vertu mobile phones have a high cost, as to match the care which is granted for each unit at a time. Moreover, in the case of diamond handsets, all de... |
19 June 2007
03:05 GMT |
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Here's and idea that won't catch on, building something like a million dollar notebook. What is the purpose of such an investment, you don't just have to be brain dead to even consider such an artifact, but you should also be filthy rich, and did I mention brain dead?Well Hollywood is the place where e... |
27 March 2007
04:43 GMT |
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