As tension increases strange things begin to happen at the atomic level. This is especially so with gold atoms. Scientists working at Chalmers University of Technology have succeeded in making the ...

Gold usually melts at 1,300 kelvins—a temperature hotter than fresh lava from a volcano. But scientists recently shot a nanometers-thick sample of gold with a laser and heated it to an astonishing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. After using a laser to ...