Electric currents in the Earth may be responsible for the formation of gold nuggets, new research suggests. As detailed in a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the theory could ...

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 ...

Chinese scientists have, for the first time, captured at the nanoscale the dynamic process by which natural gold nanoparticles form on the surface of pyrite, and proposed a new mechanism in which ...