Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. University of Michigan researchers may have found a new geological mechanism for creating gold deposits on Earth. This new theory ...

Spread the loveIn a remarkable breakthrough, researchers at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville have unraveled a 20-year-old mystery concerning the creation of gold, one of the most coveted ...

A new study led by Prof. Xiao Wenjiao from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences sheds light on the ore-forming process and key mechanisms of the gold ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. A research team including a University of Michigan scientist has ...

Earthquakes may cause gold nuggets to form in quartz by generating an electric field that attracts gold dissolved in fluid forced up from deep underground. Enormous gold nuggets are often associated ...