Osmium
Osmium is the hardest of all platinum group metals - it is 10 times harder than platinum. Osmium also has a higher melting point than the other platinum group metals. Importantly, Osmium is the densest substance known. Osmium has good conductivity and is an efficient oxidation catalyst.
Osmium in the news
Hedge Funds: Osmium to close hedge fund to new investors
Osmium Capital Management Ltd. is planning to close its main hedge fund to new investors by the end of this year.
Gossip Grind: Today's Wall Street Buzz in 60-Seconds
Osmium Capital Management , will close its main hedge fund to new investors by the end of the year. $500 million is the threshold to reach; at the moment Osmium Special is at $330 million. They're expecting a big in-flow between now and January.
STEVEN ZOERNACK, Partner at GoldVest, Announces Revised Estimate for Price of Palladium to Reach $850.00 an Ounce
WASHINGTON----STEVEN ZOERNACK, partner at GoldVest, announces revised estimate for price of Palladium to hit $850.00 an ounce by year end. Palladium is one of a group of six metals often referred to as PGM’s, which stands for Platinum Group Metals.
NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report #5143
NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report #5143
Elusive Buckyballs Found In Space For First Time
by Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 23, 2010 Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered carbon molecules, known as "buckyballs," in space for the first time. Buckyballs are soccer-ball-shaped molecules that were first observed in a laboratory 25 years ago.
Refining a cosmic clock: Particle accelerator research helps narrow down the age of our galaxy
A study of processes that affect the abundance of osmium will reduce the uncertainty that has plagued measurements of the age of the Milky Way.
Refining A Cosmic Clock
Particle accelerator research helps narrow down the age of our galaxyPhysicists will soon have a better measure of the age of our galaxy, thanks to experiments described in a trio of papers appearing in the journal Physical Review C. The papers report on experiments at the CERN neutron time-of-flight (n_TOF) facility and the Karlsruhe Van de Graaff accelerator that clarify the processes that ...
Particle accelerator research allows better estimate of our galaxy's age
Washington, July 16 : Scientists will soon have a better measure of the age of our galaxy, courtesy new particle accelerator research.
Two-thirds of world's population are vitamin D-insufficient or deficient
Vitamin D surfaces as a news topic every few months. How much daily vitamin D should a person get? Is it possible to have too much of it? Is exposure to the sun, which is the body's natural way of producing vitamin D, the best option? Or do supplements suffice?
Will Sprott's Brand New Physical Silver Trust Become JPMorgan's Biggest Nightmare?
Following hot on the heels of his blockbuster physical gold ETF, which at times has been trading at a premium as high as 30% over NAV, indicating the willingness of investors to pay over fair value just to know that their asset claims wouldn't be diluted to nothingness on a moment's notice (here's looking at you GLD), the Canadian asset manager is launching a comparable physical ETF, this time ...


