Gold is a precious metal that has always fascinated humans. From Priam’s Treasure to the legend of El Dorado, gold —regarded as the noblest of metals— has been a symbol of splendour and wealth in many ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. After using a laser to superheat a gold sample, researchers sent a pulse of ultrabright X-rays ...

At the biggest jewelry center in the United States, Alberto Hernandez fired up his machine on a recent day and waited until it glowed bright orange inside before shoveling in an assortment of rings, ...

Gold usually melts at 1,300 kelvins—a temperature hotter than fresh lava from a volcano. But scientists recently shot a nanometers-thick sample of gold with a laser and heated it to an astonishing ...

Gold remains perfectly solid when briefly heated beyond previously hypothesized limits, a new study reports, which may mean a complete reevaluation of how matter behaves under extreme conditions. The ...

With gold prices at record highs, jewelry collectors are in meltdown mode. For weeks, they’ve been scouring their homes and cracking open their safes to retrieve vintage necklaces, family heirlooms ...

As tension increases strange things begin to happen at the atomic level. This is especially so with gold atoms. Scientists working at Chalmers University of Technology have succeeded in making the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size rocky world, or "super-Earth," that's hot enough to ...

With gold prices at record highs, jewelry collectors are in meltdown mode. For weeks, they've been scouring their homes and cracking open their safes to retrieve vintage necklaces, family heirlooms ...