CERN boffins turn lead into gold for about a microsecond at unimaginable cost

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CERN boffins turn lead into gold for about a microsecond at unimaginable cost

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So alchemists had the right idea – they just lacked a 27 km particle accelerator
The dream of every medieval alchemist – turning lead into gold – has finally come true thanks to some impractical physics at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.…

This story appeared on go.theregister.com, 2025-05-12 16:03:13.