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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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Precious Metals & Materials
Articles focusing on precious metals and materials
Why should you care about ethical and sustainable mining?
Pandora makes 103 million pieces of jewelry a year. Now all of it will be made from recycled silver and gold
These novel metal foams promise 90% improved heat exchange for sustainable data center cooling
Can silver help reduce carbon emissions? How this precious metal plays a role in a sustainable future.
This Colorado town wants to mine gold from waste
Royal Mint opens factory in south Wales to recover gold from e-waste
Flexible Fiber LEDs made with perovskite quantum wires should enable advanced wearable displays and other technologies
Your iPhone 15 charger contains a material with quasi super-powers — gallium nitride can withstand deadly radiations and extremely high temperatures that would literally fry silicon chips
DOE lab, Microsoft find new battery material in AI-based energy storage research initiative
Salt-loving bacterium can be genetically engineered to purify rare-earth metals
Battery Prices Are Falling Again as Raw Material Costs Drop
What causes metal allergies?
This 3D-printed soft robotic hand has ‘bones,’ ‘ligaments,’ and ‘tendons’
New Synthetic Superatomic Material is “World’s Best Semiconductor”
Google DeepMind’s materials AI has already discovered 2.2 million new crystals
Is hydrogen a metal?
The latest kirigami-inspired engineering materials are also works of art
Why is gold so soft?
Scientists accidentally capture metals ‘healing’ themselves
How can we decarbonize copper and nickel mining?
Introducing articles about TANAKA featured in the Japanese edition of Business Insider, the largest news site in North America
his Japanese precious metal manufacturer is leading the development of metal plating for smartphone connectors
The creation of a new high-entropy alloy is opening up possibilities in manufacturing, from 3D printing to paste-like inks
This Japanese company is recycling gold with the help of urban mining
How wire is a critical component in the automotive industry's shift to electric vehicles
A Japanese precious metals company makes purification technology that can help reduce air pollution. Here’s how it works.
