Tagged: platinum

Mining the moon - misc.ience

Aimee Whitcroft • Aug 04, 2011 •

• barney pell,
• mining,
• moon,
• moon express,
• platinum,
• research,
• scientific process

This popped up in one of the legion of email newsletters I generally fail to do anything other with than skim. It’s a video in which Barney Pell (successful entrepreneur and former NASA engineer) pitches the new venture with which he’s involved – Moon Express – and why going to the moon makes economic sense. In a nutshell?  … Read More

Why I have a platinum wedding ring - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Nov 09, 2010 •

• Allergy,
• dermatitis,
• nickel,
• platinum,
• Toll-like receptor

It’s not because I specifically wanted one. I have a nickel allergy that makes me sensitive to pretty much everything else. Apparently an estimated 65 million other Europeans are also sensitive to nickel. A recent paper* in Nature Immunology has found the culprit: Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4. The TLR family of proteins play an important role in … Read More