The alchemist's dream is to make gold from common metals, but can this be done? The physics needed to explain how to change one element into another is well understood and has been used for decades in ...

KEDOUGOU, Senegal (AP) — The quickest way to separate gold from rock, Sadio Camara says, is with a drop of mercury. She empties a dime-sized packet of the silvery liquid into a plastic bucket of muddy ...

A fusion energy startup claims to have found a way to turn mercury into gold. As the Financial Times reports, San Francisco-based Marathon Fusion says that the same process that could one day ...

New technologies, international partnerships and luxury buyers are driving a global shift toward sustainable, mercury-free gold. Courtesy Pure Earth Gold has captivated humanity for millennia, ...

The dream of the ancient alchemists may come true as Marathon Fusion announces that its tokamak fusion reactor technology can turn common mercury into gold as a byproduct of fusion operations in ...

In the Philippines, as in many places across the globe, mercury has long been central to how small-scale gold miners earn their living. Used as an easy way to separate gold from other minerals they ...

At Flinders University, scientists have cracked a cleaner and greener way to extract gold—not just from ore, but also from our mounting piles of e-waste. By using a compound normally found in pool ...

The discovery of gold deposits in Malawi has left hotspots pitted, endangering the environment and human health. Every ...

Munduruku people in Brazil are battling miscarriages and loss of sight and sound, a community leader tells Sky News.