Since ancient times, gemstones have been mined and traded across the globe, sometimes traveling continents from their origin. Gems are geologically defined as minerals celebrated for beauty, strength, and rarity. Their unique ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 1, 2023
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Free services let you watch thousands of movies and TV shows online, but using them feels like wandering through a low-rent, digital version of Blockbuster (RIP).
Telecom
May 9, 2019
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I first remember seeing sapphires as a teenager in a jeweller's shop in Silver Street in pre-Khmer Rouge Phnom Penh – the deep saturated blues of the gems from Palin on the border with Thailand were captivating. The sapphires ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 9, 2018
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A toolbox of algorithms that can be consulted and applied in order to cost-effectively manufacture freeform shapes has been developed by EU researchers.
Engineering
Jun 24, 2016
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(Phys.org)—A pair of researchers with The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has found evidence that suggests both gem quality and fibrous diamonds form from the same types of fluids. In their paper published in Earth and Planetary ...
A three-dimensional model magnifying a grain of salt by a billion times went on show in Vienna on Monday, aiming to make it into the Guinness Book of Records.
Other
Nov 23, 2015
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Scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Institutes of Health have devised and demonstrated a new, shape-shifting probe, about one-hundredth as wide as a human hair, which ...
Nanophysics
Mar 27, 2015
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Furthering work involving the Graph Engine for Multithreaded Systems, or GEMS, a multilayer software framework for querying graph databases developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, scientists from PNNL and NVIDIA ...
Computer Sciences
Mar 23, 2015
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A unique new instrument at Gemini South in Chile takes the removal of atmospheric distortions (using adaptive optics technology) to a new level. Today's release of seven ultrasharp, large-field images from the instrument's ...
Astronomy
Jul 2, 2013
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Cramming your tweets with shouting capital letters, cutesy asides and hyperbolic claims won't bring you lots of followers.
Internet
Jun 15, 2012
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