Scientists have now pulled off the equivalent of real-life alchemy by turning lead into gold for just a few moments.

The Iron Beam is the most advanced, operational laser in the world, though England, the US, and others have relatively ...

A lead nucleus emits an intense electromagnetic field. In near-misses, a reaction known as electromagnetic dissociation can ...

Early chemists hoped to turn abundant lead into precious gold. But differences ... the feat by aiming beams of lead at each other, travelling at close to the speed of light. The ions occasionally ...

The ancient dream of turning lead into gold is now a reality – but it’s not quite what the alchemists might have hoped for.

University of Illinois Physics Professor Paul Kwiat and members of his research group have developed a new tool for precision ...

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Eighteen gold medals will be at stake when action in athletics and the demonstration sport of weightlifting get going at the ...

But differences in proton number between the elements (82 for lead and 79 for gold ... the feat by aiming beams of lead at each other, travelling at close to the speed of light.

A synthetic gold was recently produced by scientists after successfully crashing beams of lead ions into each other; analysts ...

To create gold (a nucleus containing 79 protons), three protons must be removed from a lead nucleus in the LHC beams. "It is impressive to see that our detectors can handle head-on collisions ...