Spinning Straw into…gold?
Posted in Fairy Tales, science on Jun 9th, 2008
From the Christian Science Monitor:
Rumpelstiltskin, the fairy-tale rogue who spun straw into gold, has nothing on Miguel Yacaman and Jorge Gardea-Torresdey.
The two University of Texas researchers have developed a way to draw gold from wheat, alfalfa, or – best of all – oats.
No spinning wheel required. In this day and age, a simple solvent will [...]
