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Jade burial suit: 2,000-year-old 'immortality' armor worn by Chinese royalty
The jade burial suit was made using thousands of pieces of jade held together with gold thread.
Earthquakes can trigger quartz into forming giant gold nuggets, study finds
Geologists have known for decades that gold forms in quartz with the help of earthquakes, but now they have worked out exactly how the setting and seismic waves combine to form large nuggets.
Boy finds Roman-era gold military bracelet while walking dog in UK
The newfound bracelet was likely awarded for a feat of valor carried out during Rome's conquest of Britain.
Razor-thin crystalline film 'built atom-by-atom' gets electrons moving 7 times faster than in semiconductors
Scientists observed record-breaking electron mobility — seven times higher than in conventional semiconductors — with a material made from the same elements as quartz and gold.
2,000-year-old gold jewelry from mysterious culture discovered in Kazakhstan
Researchers think the artifacts were made during the little-known Kangju state.
32 stunning centuries-old hoards unearthed by metal detectorists
Archaeologists and amateurs armed with metal detectors have discovered previous hoards from centuries past.
Hoard of 17th-century coins hidden during English Civil War unearthed during kitchen renovation
During a kitchen renovation, a family in England unexpectedly discovered a hoard of coins that was likely buried for safekeeping during the first English Civil War.
World's thinnest gold leaf, dubbed 'goldene,' is just 1 atom thick
Goldene is the latest 2D material to be made since graphene was first created in 2004.
