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Super Bacteria Create Gold
SchrodingerZ writes "With the price of gold skyrocketing in today's market, Michigan State University researchers have discovered a bacterium that can withstand high toxicity levels that are necessary to create natural gold. '"Microbial alchemy is what we're doing — transforming gold from something that has no value into a solid, precious metal that's valuable," said Kazem Kashefi, assistant professor of microbiology and molecular genetics.' The bacteria is Cupriavidus metallidurans, which is conditioned to be tolerant to heavy, toxic metals and to be 25 times stronger than most bacteria. When put into gold-chloride (a natural forming toxic liquid), the bacteria reproduces and converts the liquid into a gold nugget. The complete process takes about a week to perform. This experiment is currently on tour as an art exhibit called 'The Great Work of the Metal Lover.'"
They seem to be able to create cash for themselves from shit.
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
Yes it's only created in a lab - and it's extremely expensive to create. But this finding will allow gold chloride makers to recoup some of their investment, and once they realize some economies of scale I'm sure they can make a profit.
It puts the phrase, "Shitting a gold brick" into a whole new light!
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You thought they'd found bacteria that can do nuclear fusion maybe?
For fun and profit.
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
This was known to the Illuminati ages ago. Why do you think they ordered the US to get off the gold standard. They knew it would be worthless soon.
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
to create gold-chloride, dissolve solid gold into a chlorine solution under 100 atmospheres of pressure at 10000C for a 168 hours.
So to create gold using these bacteria it takes 100,000 joules of energy to convert 1 oz. of gold into gold-chlorine and then wait a week to get back .9 oz. of gold from the bacteria.
Cool, where do I sign up? :)
I think we need to get Bernie Madeoff to manage the business, he has lots of experience with this.
And I don't wanna ask a scientist. Y'all mothafuckas lying, and gettin' me pissed!
your thin skin doesn't make me a troll
No, it's German. "The SchroedingerZ, the!"
Q. How many copy editors does it take to change a light bulb?
A. The last time this question was asked, it involved art directors. Is the difference intentional? Should one or the other instance be changed? It seems inconsistent.
Car companies don't make cars. They just rearrange molecules until they are formed into a car shape.
"postbiological age" - He's not just an artist, he's a bullshit artist.
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.