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@RegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 days ago

Scientists turn lead into gold for 1st time, but only for a split second

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Scientists turn lead into gold for 1st time, but only for a split second

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@RegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 days ago
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Scientists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider successfully transformed lead into gold atoms, achieving an ancient alchemist dream through modern physics.
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  • @Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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    19•3 days ago

    This isn’t the first time. They’ve done this before, and it’s well documented. It’s also irradiated, if memory serves.

    • lacaio da inquisição
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      3•2 days ago

      Any sources?

      • caseyweederman
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        7•2 days ago

        Probably.

  • @usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca
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    25•3 days ago

    First time? Specifically for the LHC maybe.

    • threelonmusketeers
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      10•3 days ago

      Yeah, haven’t we turned lead into gold before? (A few atoms, not the most stable isotope)

      How is this a “first”?

  • @gargolito@lemm.ee
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    23•3 days ago

    So… Not really?

    • @huquad@lemmy.ml
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      37•3 days ago

      Counts as long as they found a buyer in that window

    • oce 🐆
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      16•3 days ago

      And for 1000000 times the cost of normal extraction probably.

      • Beacon
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        17•3 days ago

        The goal isn’t to come up with an economical way to produce gold. Read the last 2 paragraphs

        • @Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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          4•2 days ago

          But consider the last several hundred years of alchemy.

        • oce 🐆
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          2•3 days ago

          I know.

      • @WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works
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        14•3 days ago

        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.

  • @Kurious84@eviltoast.org
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    10•3 days ago

    So what’s this guy holding?

    • @Tikiporch@lemmy.world
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      31•3 days ago

      An unrelated gold nugget, two years ago, at a completely different location, for some reason.

      • @neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        8•3 days ago

        Ohhh! EXCUSE ME! I guess just everyone knows what gold looks like!

        /s

        • ivanafterall ☑️
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          3•2 days ago

          I’ve got way more gold than I can use, if you need some? Turns out Walmart doesn’t even accept gold bars, so why have them?

    • @tatann@lemm.ee
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      8•2 days ago

      Have you never made small pellets of Ferrero Rocher wrapping ?

  • @lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    They have had greay success at turning gold into less gold.

  • @CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee
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    3•3 days ago

    For a split second. The creator was also immortal

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