Scientists Discover How Earthquakes Might Create Massive Gold Nuggets
Researchers suggest piezoelectricity during earthquakes could explain gold nugget accumulation in quartz veins.
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This volcano in Antarctica is spewing out $6,000 worth of gold dust per day — but good luck getting it
Even if you could get there, you're not getting that gold.
Scientists make the first single-atom-thick sheet of gold. It’s called ‘goldene’
The new material could revolutionize catalysis and more.
Why is Gold yellow? Spoiler alert: Einstein again
It turns out you don't have to look further than gold jewelry to experience Einstein's relativity.
How Gold is made and how it got to our planet
From ancient civilizations to modern day, the allure of gold has never waned. But where does this precious metal actually ...
Researchers unravel the mysteries of a Middle Ages nanomaterial
Gilding techniques were incredibly well developed in the Middle Ages.
Researchers develop cheap, simple, on-demand water disinfection process
All it needs is electricity, air, and a gold-palladium catalyst.
Gold-infused contact lenses that treat red-green color blindness could hit the market soon
If you're struggling with such a condition, well, then this is some very good news for hue!
Why is gold considered valuable, even today?
Gold -- who doesn't want some?
Scientists create gold one million times thinner than a fingernail
The authors call this a "landmark achievement."
Scientists create the thinnest gold plates ever, just two atoms thick
All of the bling, none of the volume.
Cell-membrane-coated nanobots successfully clear out 66% of bacteria and toxins in blood samples
Boy oh boy, am I excited for nanomedicine!
‘Holy Grail’ of shipwrecks discovered, carries up to $17 billion in gold, silver, emeralds
Boy oh boy, the Spanish must've been furious when they lost this ship.
Research into nugget-forming bacteria paves the way to better gold extraction methods
It's not every day you meet someone who poops solid gold -- but today is one such day.
NASA readies to launch the first half of GOLD-ICON to understand Earth’s outer boundary
Who said NASA can't bling?!
Huge treasure of medieval silver and gold unearthed at the Cluny Abbey, France
Somebody was absolutely minted back in medieval France!
Gravitational waves show us how gold is formed
I was never really a fan of gold, but knowing where it originates somehow makes it much more beautiful.
Gold growing on trees offers a new prospecting tool
Who said money doesn't grow on trees? Take this grandpa!
Viking treasure pot, opened more than 1,000 years after it was hidden in modern Galloway
The first images of Viking treasure, stashed in a pot more than 1,000 years ago and buried in a field ...
How the Copper Age changed humanity
In a the stone age, a material that could make your tools bend a bit instead of breaking or your ...
Foamy gold is mostly empty, floats on coffee
Imagine a nugget of real, 20 carat gold floating merrily on the milk foam of your cup of warm cappuccino ...
The golden enigma: archaeologists find trove of mysterious golden spirals
A team of archaeologists working in Denmark have made a puzzling discovery: they found nearly 2,000 spectacular gold spirals dating ...
Gold doesn’t fall out of the sky – but it’s created in the heavens
Research based on recent observations of a nearby gamma-ray burst, GRB 130603B, help explain how gold, silver and other heavy ...
You’re flushing a goldmine down the toilet, literally
At a recent meeting of the of the American Chemical Society, researchers proposed a novel source of valuable metals: waste ...
Three ways gold nanotubes are helping beat cancer
British researchers have demonstrated three ways gold nanotubes can be used against cancer: 1) high resolution in-vivo imaging; 2) drug ...
Sewage Sludge Contains Millions of Dollars in Gold
There are millions of dollars in gold and other metals in the sewage sludge in major cities. A new study ...
All Intel microprocessors are ‘conflict-free’ starting today
Whenever you buy an electronic, that 'Made in ' label only shows where it was maufactured or put together - ...
New theory suggests gold deposits were formed as a result of earthquakes
A new theory based on a simple but viable geologic model claims that over 80 percent of all commercial gold ...
Scientists change the colour of gold and other metals using nanotech
The tiny patterns are formed on the gold surface using a process called ion beam milling (the focused ion beam ...
2000 year old gold earring found
The Israel Antiquities Authority said that archaeologists found a 2,000-year-old gold earring next to the walls of the ancient city, ...
