Gold injections can treat arthritis and silver coating fights hospital infections. Peta Bee reveals the surprisingly practical uses of precious metals in medicine
Rare, precious metals may owe their presence in Earth's upper crust to a bombardment of the infant planet by asteroids billions of years ago, according to a study unveiled on Monday.
... Company Inc. has announced a new ultra-low precious metal catalyst that will cut in half the amount of ... Automotive Technology, the new ultra-low precious metal catalyst which purifies exhaust gas is ...
A precious metal which has never before been used in a clinical setting is being developed as an anti-cancer agent by University of Warwick researchers. The metal, osmium, is closely related to ...
... Ruthenium and Osmium, which are found in the same part of the periodic table as precious metals like platinum and gold, cause significant cell death in ovarian and colon cancer cells.
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... the analytical technique pioneered by Van Duyne in 1977. SERS uses laser light and nanoparticles of precious metals to interact with molecules to show the chemical make-up of a particular dye.
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Diamonds and precious metals found in the eastern United States might have rained down during the last Ice Age after a comet shattered over Canada and set North America ablaze, ...
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"In a final twist, the hydrogenase enzymes in the leftover bacteria can be used to scavenge precious metals from spent automotive catalysts to help make fuel cell that converts hydrogen into ...
... of Microbiology Today, this technology has an added bonus: leftover enzymes can be used to scavenge precious metals from spent automotive catalysts to help make fuel cells that convert hydrogen into ...
... to recombine that hydrogen with oxygen, which produces electricity. The problem is that the precious metal costs about $1,700 to $2,000 per ounce, which means that hydrogen would be an ...
... recent years interest in the element has been rekindled. "It is possible that nano particles of precious metals are suitable candidates for catalysts in important reactions in the chemical industry," ...
Ordinary newspaper can be used to recover precious metals from industrial wastewater, say researchers in Japan
People have long prized silver as a precious metal. Now, silver-coated endotracheal tubes are ... ill patients another reason to value the lustrous metal. In a study published in the Aug. 20, 2008 issue ...
... much less expensive than others being developed around the world, because it does not contain precious metals, such as platinum or rhodium.
"Rhodium is used most often for this kind of catalyst, and ...
High pressure chemistry converts biomass to ethylene glycol without precious-metal catalysts
