The element gold is a pirate's booty and an ingredient in microcircuits. It's been used to make jewelry since at least 4000 B.C. and to treat cancer only in recent decades. It's in the pot at the ...

A team of astronomers has discovered gold in an ancient star in the halo of the Milky Way, the first time the existence of the element has been discovered in a star other than the sun. It also ...

If a new element is discovered, naming it involves several factors. Elements can be named after how they were obtained, their attributes, the compound they were isolated from and places they were ...