The world's largest particle collider produces roughly 89,000 gold nuclei every second, all from smashing lead atoms together ...

For centuries, alchemists have dreamed of turning lead into gold. At the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), they’ve finally managed ...

Physicists at the CERN nuclear research centre in Geneva have turned lead into gold. During the collision of lead nuclei at ...

For a while, in the Middle Ages, there was a real craze for trying to turn unassuming lead into pure, gleaming gold.

CERN scientists have turned lead into gold during high-speed collisions, echoing the age-old quest of alchemy.

Ireland is set to become a part of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, nearly two years after first applying.

CERN's ALICE experiment turned lead into gold—briefly—reviving alchemists' old dreams with modern nuclear physics.

From the powdered wings of a butterfly to the icy spines of a snowflake, symmetry is a common feature in nature. This often ...

This is the stuff of dreams. Scientists have turned lead into gold! Since ancient times, people have been trying to figure ...

"Addresses the commercially critical metrics of cost, efficiency, and reliability." Scientists achieve breakthrough solution ...

The Ray Dolby Centre, the state-of-the-art new home of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory and a major asset for the University, ...

For centuries, alchemists sought to convert common metals into gold, a phenomenon known as chrysopoeia. Now, thanks to ...