SMRTR Science & EngineeringJul 31, 2025Interesting Engineering

How physicists helped spot lead turn to gold at world’s largest collider

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LHC physicists observed gold nuclei formation in near-miss collisions of heavy ions, using new methods to study high-energy photon interactions and demonstrating how proton ejection can change lead into gold.

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