Why did gold—and not osmium, lithium, ruthenium or any other element—become the one we humans use as money? Sanat Kumar, a chemical engineer at Columbia University, goes through the periodic table and ...

The gold in your jewelry and the uranium in nuclear power plants share a common and cataclysmic origin: they were born during collisions of neutron stars in what are called kilonovae. Until ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gold crosses the $4,000 mark. Softbank to buy ABB robotics unit. Global M&A engine is roaring. S&P 500 ends winning streak. Is there an AI bubble in the market? J.P Morgan famously said in his 1912 ...

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 ...

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 ...