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Modern Alchemy: CERN Turns Lead Into Gold — Literally
At CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, scientists achieved what ancient alchemists only dreamed of — turning lead into gold.
In a groundbreaking May 2025 experiment, physicists used near-miss collisions of lead nuclei moving at nearly the speed of light. These collisions created powerful electromagnetic fields that stripped protons from lead atoms, momentarily transforming them into gold.
The result? 86 billion gold nuclei… totaling just 29 picograms, and lasting less than a second.
No, it’s not commercially viable — but it’s a huge leap for nuclear physics and a poetic victory for science.
From myth to reality — one atom at a time.