When Burl Ives sang "Silver and gold decorations, on every Christmas tree" in "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer," he surely didn't know that Christmas trees actually have gold inside their needles — but ...
Hosted on MSN
Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees? These Spruce Trees in Finland Are Growing Tiny Flecks of Gold in Their Needles
In the forests of Finnish Lapland, beneath which some gold is known to lie underground, scientists have found something unexpected happening above the soil. Inside the needles of Norway spruce trees, ...
Scientists found solid gold particles inside Norway spruce needles in Finland. Microbes in tree tissues transform dissolved gold ions into solid nanoparticles. Trees may help trace underground ...
Life on Earth relies upon an astonishingly short list of elements. Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen compose the essential structure of all living things, trace amounts of metals like iron and calcium ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback