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CERN physicists created gold atoms by smashing lead ions together at near-light speed inside the Large Hadron Collider. The transmutation occurs when lead nuclei lose three protons, transforming into ...

Deborah Harkness is not only an enormously successful novelist who writes about trendy things like vampires. She's also a respected historian of science — a professor at the University of Southern ...

Affirmation for alchemists: Medieval time travelers might be surprised to learn that people are still thinking about how to turn lead into gold. Credit: Yang H. Ku/C&EN/Shutterstock In late May, this ...