An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
NIOBIUM
niobium, Nb, atomic number
(noun) a soft grey ductile metallic element used in alloys; occurs in niobite; formerly called columbium
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
niobium (countable and uncountable, plural niobiums)
A chemical element (symbol Nb) with an atomic number of 41: a light grey, crystalline, ductile transition metal used in superconducting materials.
(countable) A single atom of this element.
Synonyms
• columbium (in metallurgy; not in scientific use)
• dianium (obsolete)
Source: Wiktionary
Ni*o"bi*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. & E. Niobe.] (Chem.)
Definition: A later name of columbium. See Columbium.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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