Gold purification & Iron production, chemistry at grand scale in the “ancient” world – ancient “magic” was chemistry
Earthen and stone mounds used in industrial-scale chemistry.
Lucian Freud — Can Art Experts Prove Four Mystery Paintings Are Real?
“One of the best shows ever to learn about art and the drama that goes along with these masterpieces.”
SCIENCE BEHIND NANO GOLD — Gold Nanoparticles in Biology and Medicine: Recent Advances and Prospects
Very extensive research paper, 250 footnotes / sources.
Articles from Acta Naturae are provided here courtesy of National Research University Higher School of Economics
Functionalized gold nanoparticles with controlled geometrical and optical properties are the subject of intensive studies and biomedical applications, including genomics, biosensorics, immunoassays, clinical chemistry, laser phototherapy of cancer cells and tumors, the targeted delivery of drugs, DNA and antigens, optical bioimaging and the monitoring of cells and tissues with the use of state-of-the-art detection systems. This work will provide an overview of the recent advances and current challenges facing the biomedical application of gold nanoparticles of various sizes, shapes, and structures. The review is focused on the application of gold nanoparticle conjugates in biomedical diagnostics and analytics, photothermal and photodynamic therapies, as a carrier for delivering target molecules, and on the immunological and toxicological properties. Keeping in mind the huge volume and high speed of the data update rate, 2/3 of our reference list (certainly restricted to 250 Refs.) includes publications encompassing the past 5 years.
Paper dated 2011
Baghdad Battery instrumental in producing colloidal silver, gold, etc?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uHdf2bWf2M
Michelle Gibson’s research into earth mining operations, including gold
A 61-mile long conveyor belt operates in western Africa. Sudan has over 40,000 gold mining operations. The island republic of Nauru was, during the mining heydey of its phosphates, the second-richest nation in the world by GDP per-capita. So much to know.
The Dangerous Copper Mines In Chile
25% of worldwide demand for copper comes from one mine in Chile.
SCIENCE BEHIND SKIN GROWTH, HEALING — Article from Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology — Skin rejuvenation using cosmetic products … a review of the literature
Skin aging is primarily due to alterations in the dermal extracellular matrix, especially a decrease in collagen I content, fragmentation of collagen fibrils, and accumulation of amorphous elastin material, also known as elastosis. Growth factors and cytokines are included in several cosmetic products intended for skin rejuvenation because of their ability to promote collagen synthesis. Matrikines and matrikine-like peptides offer the advantage of growth factor-like activities but better skin penetration due to their much smaller molecular size. In this review, we summarize the commercially available products containing growth factors, cytokines, and matrikines for which there is evidence that they promote skin rejuvenation.
SCIENCE BEHIND NANO GOLD — What Do Gold Nanoparticles Have to Do With Wrinkly Skin?
Brief overview + 4 scientific studies / papers.
Gold Nanoparticles & The Future of Medical Diagnostics – Chad Mirkin – NANOSPHERE
“When you arrange DNA in this format [as helical strands attached by-end to points on a nano gold cluster / sphere], you get an interesting property where these types of structures will [freely enter human cells]; whereas linear DNA [will be blocked by the cell wall]. … Once you can get these types of structures inside cells, you now can begin to flip genetic switches [i.e., modify DNA from within the cell]…”
This was already well underway in 2012.