Gold is chemically inert and so doesn't tarnish, but exactly why had been a mystery ...

Gold has survived in tombs, shipwrecks and museum cases with a stubborn glitter that other metals cannot match. While iron ...

Gold’s characteristic glow famously doesn’t fade for thousands of years—and scientists have finally found the molecular trick ...

Being found mostly in the native state, gold is one of the oldest elements known to man. The affection to gold was determined by it's unusual properties - heft, shine and ability to withstand ...

More of gold’s charms have been revealed, as chemists report a rare stable gold catalyst in the +3 oxidation state. The high-valent transition-metal catalyst offers molecule makers a shiny new tool ...

When it comes to metal catalysis, chemists have learned time and again that every component of a reaction matters, no matter how insignificant it might seem. Sometimes, it’s those trace ingredients ...

Despite gold's reputation as an inert element, chemists have mined a rich seam of catalytic reactions that use this metal. The latest example stakes out gold's claim as a versatile catalyst. At the ...