Researchers created a 24K gold nugget by feeding large concentrations of toxic gold chloride (also known as liquid gold) to the bacteria Cupriavidus metallidurans. By doing this they made a worthless thing into a very expensive metal. To do this is very expensive in materials and takes about a week to successfully make this. People were said to remark this as reverse engineering natural processes. A portable laboratory made of 24-karat gold-plated hardware, a glass bioreactor, and the Trumpian bacteria stands on display at the Prix Ars Electronica cyber art competition in Austria until October 7.
This is a cross between microbiology and alchemy and the experiment is currently taking place at Michigan State University. I believe this could impact the prices of gold but I don't know how much since the materials do cost a lot more than the gold being made.
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