SMRTR TechMay 9, 2025Scientific American

Large Hadron Collider Physicists Turn Lead into Gold—For a Fraction of a Second

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CERN scientists briefly created gold from lead using high-speed collisions at the Large Hadron Collider, producing billions of short-lived gold nuclei and showcasing the facility's ability to manipulate atoms.

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