Gold can be used to make jewelry, but also to fight cancer. Several clinical trials are currently underway in the United States where patients are being treated with gold nanoparticles.
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The fate of Bitcoin’s fate is highly unpredictable and dependent on what governments will do in the future.
The discovery of gold in California 170 years ago was a turning point in global history. The gold rushes are not mere historic footnotes – they continue to influence the world in which we live today.
Hailie Selassie thought his country's gold could rival the biggest deposits in the world. He may be proven right.
Why some corporations are quick to respond to criticism, and others hide away.
The precious metal is literally extra-terrestrial, produced in the heart of the stars. How and under what conditions? Scientists know more thanks to a double astrophysical observation.
West Africa has lessons to learn from its ancient empires and colonial governments on regional trade and integration.
You may have imagined the blockchain would lead to a world without governments or institutions veryifying transactions, research shows that it probably won't.
Until the recent observation of merging neutron stars, how the heaviest elements come to be was a mystery. But their fingerprints are all over this cosmic collision.
A gold rush brings in lots of money in the short-term, but leaves a toxic legacy.
Modern chefs are serving up ice cream, cakes, even sushi covered in gold. But gold in food came into its own in late medieval Europe, when eating gold wad thought to be virtuous, and one could find gilded whole roast peacocks.
Industrial gold mining companies in eastern Congo have faced violent attacks over friction between industrial and artisanal mining.
The cryptocurrency is now starting to challenge gold as the investment of choice.
New financial innovations and products are constantly being touted as the safe haven of the future. But physical gold has properties that will cause it to stick around.
Torcs found in the Staffordshire hills can reveal a lot about Iron Age society.
On sale in New York for US$2,000. Don't all rush at once.
Problems occur when a country falls in love with gold, and silver might be about to get a boost from proposed solutions.
Even though commodities rallied after the election of Trump, the benefit of this to Australia's budget could be short lived due to volatility.
China will not be able to rescue Australia if another crisis hits.
The announcement of a rival to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange presents a welcome development in South Africa – but it's not the first time the JSE has faced competition.
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