While the dream of medieval alchemists has technically come true, their hopes of riches have once again been dashed,” CERN ...

A lead nucleus emits an intense electromagnetic field. In near-misses, a reaction known as electromagnetic dissociation can occur. The lead atom's nucleus vibrates and ejects three of its protons, in ...

Instead of using the Large Hadron Collider to smash atoms together, researchers briefly turned lead into gold by facilitating near-misses.

Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics is awarded to co-authors of publications based on CERN’s Large Hadron Collider Run-2 data released between 2015 and July 15, 2024, at the experimental ...

Scientists with the European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known as CERN, were able to convert lead into gold using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful particle ...

Five Florida State University physicists are part of the international team awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental ...

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

Two UT Austin physicists were part of a collaboration that won the Breakthrough Prize for work at the Large Hadron Collider.

The $3 million award will fund doctoral student grants. The chosen students from member institutions will receive practical ...

Fermi Forward Discovery Group (FFDG), which has managed the lab since the start of this year, said that the lab currently ...

CERN scientists used the Large Hadron Collider to create gold nuclei through near-miss collisions of lead atoms. Discover how modern alchemy became a reality.

In a paper published in Physical Review C, the ALICE collaboration reports measurements that quantify the transmutation of lead into gold in CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Transforming the ...