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World's tallest residential building in Brazil
Named Senna Tower, the world's tallest residential building will be located in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, and is designed to commemorate legendary racing drive…
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History
From A to Z everything you need to know about the Queen's Platinum Celebration
The Platinum Celebration event to celebrate the 70th year of the British Queen Elizabeth II's reign will be held in early June.
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South Africa launches world's largest hydrogen truck
Anglo American on May 8 unveiled a 220-ton hydrogen-powered truck at a platinum mine in northern South Africa.
Science story
Fusion of 8 precious metals into alloys: A new future for hydrogen fuel cells
To create this unprecedented alloy, the researchers created an ionic-carrying solution of all eight metals in equal amounts and subjected the solution to a reducing agen…
Scientific application
The Vietnamese doctor breeds an alternative to platinum
Dr. Dao Van Duong (Phenikaa University) synthesized hybrid materials with high conversion efficiency, 20% cheaper price than platinum in conventional batteries. - VnExpr…
Archeology
Mysterious 'spooky black carpet' is full of platinum and glass in the ice age
A mysterious black carpet, a sign of a large-scale fire disaster, found at an ice age site, Younger Dryas, has revealed a terrifying event from space.
Animal world
The object fell to Earth, destroying saber-tooth tigers 13,000 years ago
The scientists discovered evidence that 13,000 years ago, an object fell to Earth and destroyed ice age mammals such as mammoths and saber-tooth tigers.
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Platinum scattered around the Earth: From the asteroid that nearly destroyed humanity?
The anomalous platinum trace in North America has just reinforced the existence of a cosmic object believed to have caused the last ice age and the tragedy of extinction.
Space science
The new discovery of cosmic explosion creates gold and platinum
From our first observation of the collision of neutron stars in 2017, scientists realized that the 2016 gamma ray explosion was a kilonova, the type of explosion that pr…
Space science
The Earth's Moon is a giant platinum storehouse?
NASA wants to dig up the Moon because it is a treasure trove of extremely expensive things like platinum, rare earth and unmatched materials on Earth.
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Today, the definition of 1kg will be calculated by light
Since ancient times, the concept of kg has been defined by a cylindrical platinum-iridium alloy block, called Le Grand K and protected in a basement in the suburbs of Pa…
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The position structure of 23,000 atoms was first identified
For the first time, scientists can accurately determine the structural position of 23,000 atoms in a molecule smaller than a cell.
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The method of replacing the standard platinum one kilogram weight
The inconvenience in using the one kilogram international standard weight scale IPK forces scientists to find other ways to measure.
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The most expensive materials in the world
Below is a list of the most expensive materials in the world, please consult.
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The most rare metals on the planet
Gold and diamonds are commonly known as rare and expensive metals in the world. But few know that there are other rare and more expensive metals because of their special…