Life truly is radiant, according to an experiment conducted by researchers from the University of Calgary and the National ...

In a paper published in Physical Review C from the team at A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE) at the European ...

For centuries, alchemists have dreamed of turning lead into gold. At the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), they’ve finally managed ...

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

Several centuries ago, a branch of alchemy called chrysopoeia is said to have explored the possibilities of transforming ...

Axions, hypothetical subatomic particles that were first proposed by theoretical physicists in the late 1970s, remain among ...

Scientists at Europe’s famous particle collider briefly created gold ions from lead in a modern twist on the alchemical goal ...

The fusion reactor’s electromagnetic “heart” is complete, bringing us one step closer to clean, infinite energy—though ...

Large Hadron Collider have achieved the ancient dream of turning lead into gold through high-speed nuclear collisions — but ...

Scientists with the European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known as CERN, were able to convert lead into gold ...

In a paper published in Physical Review C, the ALICE collaboration reports measurements that quantify the transmutation of ...