We all recognise the outstanding beauty and value of gold. Yet it is easy to overlook the important role for gold arising from its unique technical properties. Gold, like other important industrial metals, has many unique physical and chemical attributes that mean it is the best, indeed the only, material for certain industrial applications.

These Audio / Video files help to explain how the technical properties of gold are being exploited for new, leading-edge technologies like industrial catalysts, optical materials, nanotechnology and biomedical applications, including possible new anti-cancer drugs.

The programme ‘Gold – Novel Technologies and Applications’ contains interviews with leading researchers from around the world who are working with gold in one form or another, be it gold nanoparticles, coatings or chemicals. Individual interviews or the full programme can be downloaded or streamed below.

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	Chemists have created a new, cheap test to detect mercury, using gold. Produced by ScienceDaily
	Chemical engineers have created nanoparticles out of gold and palladium to break down pollutants in groundwater. Produced by ScienceDaily
	A presentation by George Milling-Stanley of the World Gold Council. "The Use of Gold in Industrial Applications"
	Dr Richard Holliday, Head of Industrial Applications at World Gold Council gives an interview to Small Times about gold nanomaterials at the 'NanoTech 2008' event (2mins 57 Secs) Produced by Small Times
	Stuart Cameron introduces you to the programme 'Gold - Novel Technologies and Applications'. (2mins 57 Secs) Produced by World Gold Council	Download Listen online
	Dr Christopher Corti, Consultant to World Gold Council, London, UK provides an overview of gold science and technology, including why gold is a unique metal and what properties make it useful (3mins 43 Sec) Produced by World Gold Council	Download Listen online
	Prof Mike Cortie, University of Technology Sydney, Australia describes the developing use of nanoparticulate gold due to its unique optical properties (4mins 12 Secs) Produced by World Gold Council	Download Listen online
	Prof Graham Hutchings, University of Cardiff, UK, a leading chemist and renowned expert on the developing use of gold as an industrial catalyst. (5mins 42 Secs) Produced by World Gold Council	Download Listen online
	Prof. Michael Wong, Rice University, Texas, USA explains how the most effective catalyst for groundwater clean-up contains gold. (8mins 12 Secs) Produced by World Gold Council	Download Listen online
	Dr Judy Caddy, Project AuTEK Biomed, Mintek, South Africa describes this important project funded by the gold-mining companies looking at the emerging medical uses for gold (3mins 48 Secs) Produced by World Gold Council	Download Listen online