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Alchemists rejoice! Scientists have turned lead into gold using the Large Hadron Collider. “The ALICE scientists calculate that, while they are colliding beams of lead nuclei, they produce about 89,000 gold nuclei per second.” (via @margarita.bsky.social) [theconversation.com]
May 14, 2025, 1:22 PM
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