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  • Silver in evolution of digital communications 3G 4G 5G

    Silver will play key role in 5G rollout

    Rose Ragsdale, For Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    While rising gold prices are dominating the headlines, silver is quietly experiencing its own explosion in demand. The growing appetite for the lustrous, white metal stems in part from its use in components needed in rapidly evolving technologies, led by the voracious appetite of fifth generation (5G) telecommunications and related electronic applications and systems. But silver, long valued for its beauty and rarity, has been around for millennia. Other than in currency and a...

  • Antibacterial silver prevent spread of diseases such as coronavirus MRSA flu

    Silver bullet for COVID-19, other monsters

    Matthew Lasley, For Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 2, 2022

    If your buddy is bitten by a werewolf or vampire and infected, myth, legends and pop culture say the cure is silver. Whether it is a silver bullet through the heart or skin searing silver to keep your vampire at bay, silver is the answer to most of your supernatural ailments. But what about the more mundane? And how did silver become the hero of mythology? The fact is, silver has been used for thousands of years in medicine. While it has only been recently that we understand...

  • Silver used for black and white photography

    Illustrious past, bright future for silver

    Matthew Lasley, For Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 1, 2022

    When you think of silver, you probably think of coins, jewelry and grandma's special silverware. For over five thousand years, that has been the primary use of silver. Silver was one of the first metals ever mined by man, though it is rarely found in native form, it is often a byproduct of copper smelting. Being shiny, soft and malleable, it was ideal for hammering out into thin strips that could be used in decoration. Silver has one drawback, it oxidizes and tarnishes. Silver...