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

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

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

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 ...

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

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