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How CERN’s collider achieved modern alchemy—turning lead to gold in a trillionth of a gram
Scientists at CERN use near-miss photon–nucleus collisions to create fleeting gold atoms, shedding light on rare nuclear ...
Lightning-Fast Alchemy: CERN Just Turned Lead Into Gold – Then Watched It Vanish
When two lead nuclei race through the LHC at nearly the speed of light, they sometimes just miss each other. Instead of ...