Scientists invent a way to turn copper into a gold analog

Gold is one of the most highly sought after materials on the planet, so inventing a way to turn a much more abundant material, like copper, into the precious metal would be a huge accomplishment. Scientists from China haven't reached that incredible milestone, but they have managed to make copper behave a lot like gold under specific conditions. In a new research paper, which was published in Science Advances, the team of Chinese researchers explain how they used a blast of charged argon gas aga...