@RegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 days agoScientists turn lead into gold for 1st time, but only for a split secondabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1143
arrow-up1143external-linkScientists turn lead into gold for 1st time, but only for a split secondabcnews.go.com@RegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-square@huquad@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish37•3 days agoCounts as long as they found a buyer in that window
minus-squareoce 🐆linkfedilinkEnglish16•3 days agoAnd for 1000000 times the cost of normal extraction probably.
minus-squareBeaconlinkfedilink17•3 days agoThe goal isn’t to come up with an economical way to produce gold. Read the last 2 paragraphs
minus-square@Cocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•3 days agoBut consider the last several hundred years of alchemy.
minus-square@WoodScientist@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish14•3 days agoTo be fair, we could probably do a lot better if we purpose-built a machine to make gold. And Pb->Au isn’t even likely the most ideal path. That was only chosen to fulfill the ancient alchemy dreams.
So… Not really?
Counts as long as they found a buyer in that window
And for 1000000 times the cost of normal extraction probably.
The goal isn’t to come up with an economical way to produce gold. Read the last 2 paragraphs
But consider the last several hundred years of alchemy.
I know.
To be fair, we could probably do a lot better if we purpose-built a machine to make gold. And Pb->Au isn’t even likely the most ideal path. That was only chosen to fulfill the ancient alchemy dreams.