ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the Large Hadron Collider

We know that on Earth we have not been able to produce gold in practice or in large quantities — at least not with current technology. And we have already explained how this noble metal has reached the planet. However,...

Scientists find lead really can be turned into gold (with help from the Large Hadron Collider)

CERN scientists using the Large Hadron Collider were able to convert tiny amounts of lead into gold.

Transmuting Lead into Gold, CERN's Large Hadron Collider Achieves Alchemist’s Dreams for a Fraction of a Second

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider has momentarily transformed lead into gold, the long-sought-after goal of medieval alchemists, as confirmed by recent experiments conducted with the ALICE detector. Long relegated to fiction and myth, chrysopoeia, or the pursuit of transmuting lead into gold, was impossible until 20th-century nuclear physics. Although the elements share similar densities, their chemical natures are distinct, although some earlier lab…

Alchemist's Dream Come True: Scientists Create Gold From Lead

Physicists at the LHC have created gold nuclei from lead atoms through high-energy collisions, achieving a feat once thought to be the realm of alchemy.

The ALICE experiment, of the CERN's Great Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, allowed this transformation to be carried out.

The precious metal would have been created during the fusion of two hyperdenses stellar corpses. And also: anti-heat rice, the collecting caterpillar of corpses...