Physicists momentarily transmute lead into gold in high-speed experiment
Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 8:21 am
In a fleeting yet groundbreaking experiment, researchers have converted lead into gold using high-speed particle collisions. The astonishing transformation, lasting just a fraction of a second, bridges ancient alchemical dreams with modern nuclear physics, leaving the scientific community both bemused and impressed by its ephemeral brilliance.
For centuries, the transformation of lead into gold was the ultimate goal for alchemists, a dream fueled by the similar densities of the two metals and gold's enduring allure. While chemistry eventually revealed that lead and gold are fundamentally different elements, making such a transformation…
Instead of using the Large Hadron Collider to smash atoms together, researchers briefly turned lead into gold by facilitating near-misses.
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