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About Elements
Creating technology to support society
for a beautiful future
TANAKA is a precious metals specialist that excels at delivering innovation to the world that brings value to society. “Elements” is an online media circulated by TANAKA Precious Metals that focuses on technology and sustainability information in line with the business and values of the company. It provides hints for creating a better society and prosperous earth for the future in response to the rapid paradigm shift of the modern world.
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Innovation
Articles featuring innovation for creating the future of society and industry
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Self-repair ‘smart’ satellites in development
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Nasa picks Bezos’s Blue Origin and Musk’s SpaceX to build new lunar landers
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NASA’s plan to build stuff in space just took its first step
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These lunar rover tires mimic camel hooves for maximum traction on the moon
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Meteorite-eating microbes could help us look for alien life
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NASA May Have Found the Goldilocks Planet of Goldilocks Planets: TOI 700 d
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We Radically Rethink How We Make Food?
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Why It’s Time to Take Electrified Medicine Seriously
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Facebook to Buy Startup for Controlling Computers With Your Mind
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Why doesn’t anyone live on the moon yet?
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Wearable device is a futurist doctor’s ‘stethoscope’
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Ion age: why the future will be battery powered
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How Orkney leads the way for sustainable energy
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Scientists develop 10-minute universal cancer test
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37% of Tech Experts Worry AI Will Make Humanity Worse
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Gold Infused Cotton Threads as Electrodes for Glucose Biofuel Cells
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Germany launches world’s first hydrogen-powered train
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6 Top Nanotechnology Applications
Introducing articles about TANAKA featured in the Japanese edition of Business Insider, the largest news site in North America
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This Japanese precious metal manufacturer is leading the development of metal plating for smartphone connectors
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The creation of a new high-entropy alloy is opening up possibilities in manufacturing, from 3D printing to paste-like inks
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