Gold remains perfectly solid when briefly heated beyond previously hypothesized limits, a new study reports, which may mean a complete reevaluation of how matter behaves under extreme conditions. The ...

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Lasers have been used to heat solid gold well beyond its melting temperature without losing the metal’s crystalline structure — exceeding a theoretical superheating limit. Read the paper: Superheating ...

Wafer-thin sheets of gold shot briefly with lasers can be heated up to 14 times their melting point while remaining solid, far beyond the theoretical limit, raising the possibility that some solids ...

Gold hit a record high this week as investors placed bets on future rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. The commodity shot past $3,700 an ounce on Tuesday, Sept. 16, up from roughly $2,300 this time ...