forget science, ALCHEMY!!!

[Mr Pilkington]

Michigan State University invents GOLD from a common chlorine based solution!

Alchemy > science


http://todaynewsgazette.com/bacteria-make-gold/
http://www.enstarz.com/articles/7568/20 ... e-gold.htm
http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/20 ... ld-at-msu/

[MycathatesyouAMV]

I've always had the odd strange desire to drink liquid gold.

[ZephyrStar]

I'm gonna ruin your fun unfortunately

The gold has to be pre-existing....so you have to find gold chloride somewhere ;_____;

You could always dissolve your gold rings/watch/etc. in a chloride solution and feed it to the bacteria though

OR.....if you want to build a very big and expensive machine.... and have a lot of mercury laying around...

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/us-alchemists-make-gold/

[Dr. Derpface, J.D.]

Hate to spoil the fun, but this is in no way "making" gold as so many articles would have you believe. The key substance here is gold chloride, which is quite toxic. However, the name means that the gold is already present. What they've done is create a strain of bacteria that are not only resistant to the highly toxic chemical, but are actually able to process out the nasty bits and leave the pure gold behind.

Again, they are not "making" gold. It's simply another process by which gold can be separated from other substances. No magic is being done or scientific laws being broken. The real story here is toxin-resistant bacteria that thrive in things other life forms would be killed by in short order. This has implications for decontamination of waste sites (or super bacteria to kill us all, take your pick).

[Dr. Derpface, J.D.]

Damn you, Chris.

[MycathatesyouAMV]

Hate to spoil the fun, but this is in no way "making" gold as so many articles would have you believe. The key substance here is gold chloride, which is quite toxic. However, the name means that the gold is already present. What they've done is create a strain of bacteria that are not only resistant to the highly toxic chemical, but are actually able to process out the nasty bits and leave the pure gold behind.

Again, they are not "making" gold. It's simply another process by which gold can be separated from other substances. No magic is being done or scientific laws being broken. The real story here is toxin-resistant bacteria that thrive in things other life forms would be killed by in short order. This has implications for decontamination of waste sites (or super bacteria to kill us all, take your pick).

Oh, so I guess it's good that I drink it then.

[Mr Pilkington]

I'm gonna ruin your fun unfortunately
The gold has to be pre-existing....so you have to find gold chloride somewhere ;_____;
You could always dissolve your gold rings/watch/etc. in a chloride solution and feed it to the bacteria though

Hate to spoil the fun, but this is in no way "making" gold as so many articles would have you believe. The key substance here is gold chloride, which is quite toxic. However, the name means that the gold is already present. What they've done is create a strain of bacteria that are not only resistant to the highly toxic chemical, but are actually able to process out the nasty bits and leave the pure gold behind. Again, they are not "making" gold. It's simply another process by which gold can be separated from other substances. No magic is being done or scientific laws being broken. The real story here is toxin-resistant bacteria that thrive in things other life forms would be killed by in short order. This has implications for decontamination of waste sites (or super bacteria to kill us all, take your pick).

I'm tired of all your science and lies!

[Qyot27]

I've always had the odd strange desire to drink liquid gold.

Here ya go.

[Mr Pilkington]

I've always had the odd strange desire to drink liquid gold.

Here ya go.

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[trythil]

Holy shit, is that the state of science reporting these days? That's pathetic.

I can't blame the reporters too much. MSU hyped the hell out of the "alchemy" angle and there's a shortage of chemistry journalists who don't understand that the reaction isn't the interesting thing. That can be worked out in thought experiments.

The bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans is the interesting thing. How the hell does it work? As far as I can tell, that's still an unanswered question.