A new method uses gold to assemble multi-element nanoparticles under mild conditions, offering improvements in catalytic activity and long-term stability. (Nanowerk Spotlight) The drive to engineer ...

How are chemical elements produced in our Universe? Where do heavy elements like gold and uranium come from? Using computer simulations, a research team from the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für ...

The periodic table lists 118 different chemical elements. And yet, for thousands of years, humans have really, really liked one of them in particular: gold. Gold has been used as money for millennia, ...

Take a look at the periodic table and you’ll find that almost all the elements up to the atomic number 94 occur on Earth in relatively decent amounts. In addition, nuclear physicists can prepare ...

A new documentary series is lifting the lid on a surprising element of human progress—an extraordinary material that has proven pivotal to everything from space exploration to the ongoing development ...

How are chemical elements produced in our Universe? Where do heavy elements like gold and uranium come from? Using computer simulations, a research team from the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für ...

EVERYONE knows that ancient alchemists were obsessed with making gold. They never cracked it. Everyone knows that too. But here’s something not a lot of people know: thousands of years later, we still ...

Gold's unmatched mix of durability, rarity, and stability has made it valuable for thousands of years. For thousands of years, gold has played an outsized role in how societies store value. It has ...

Gold medallist: gold blends beauty, rarity and superlative properties (Adapted from shutterstock/AGSAndrew) The ancient Egyptians believed their gods had shimmering ...