Tag: gold

  • Nation & World

    Are you sure diamonds are forever?

    State of the Art Jewelry Summit draws artists, executives, and scientists to discuss the jewelry industry’s challenges.

    5 minutes
    Raquel Alonso-Perez
  • Nation & World

    Learning catalysts’ secrets

    Cynthia Friend, who recently received a multimillion dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, is well positioned to help “change the face and carbon footprint of the chemical industries sector,” one of her team’s goals.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    All told in gold

    While Harvard is known for its trademark crimson, it’s the flourishes of amber and suntanned illuminations scattered across campus that surprise and resonate.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The next gold rush: Outer space?

    New observations confirm that colliding neutron stars create short gamma-ray bursts, and such collisions produce rare heavy elements, including gold. Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics believe the Earth’s gold likely came from colliding neutron stars.

    3 minutes