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Instead of alchemy, scientists used the world’s largest particle accelerator to crash beams of lead ions into each other at near-light speed.
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George Petras, USA Today, 17 May 2025
Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) — the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator — have observed a real-life transmutation of lead into gold.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 13 May 2025
Fulfilling the dream of medieval alchemists, physicists have observed the transmutation of lead into gold—through nuclear physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful particle accelerator.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
To mimic conditions on the moon, the researchers built a custom apparatus that included a vacuum chamber, where the samples were placed, and a tiny particle accelerator, which the scientists used to bombard the samples with hydrogen ions for several days.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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George Petras, USA Today, 17 May 2025
Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) — the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator — have observed a real-life transmutation of lead into gold.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 13 May 2025
Fulfilling the dream of medieval alchemists, physicists have observed the transmutation of lead into gold—through nuclear physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful particle accelerator.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
To mimic conditions on the moon, the researchers built a custom apparatus that included a vacuum chamber, where the samples were placed, and a tiny particle accelerator, which the scientists used to bombard the samples with hydrogen ions for several days.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Particle accelerator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/particle%20accelerator. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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