A burst of powerful radiation observed in space has challenged traditional theories about the formation of some of the heavy metals such as gold and platinum. An international team of scientists, led ...

At a first glance, the Witwatersrand basin, the largest known gold resource on our planet, is not automatically related to ocean research. However, in its 3 billion years old geological history, the ...

For decades scientists have been puzzled by the formation of rare hyper-enriched gold deposits in places like Ballarat in Australia, Serra Palada in Brazil, and Red Lake in Ontario. While such ...

However, at the atomic scale, gold behaves in ways that are far more valuable to science than to fashion. Researchers from the University of Tokyo have managed to capture the very first steps in the ...

Gold raises questions about its distribution on our planet. Estimates vary, but one thing is certain: gold is far more abundant in Earth's core than in the crust. According to data compiled by the U.S ...

We can't usually feel them, but dozens of earthquakes occur every day—and some of them are using mundane minerals to make glittering gold. Researchers have found that tectonic shifts put just the ...