Large Hadron Collider "Turning Lead into Gold"

The Large Hadron Collider's Large Ion Collider Experiment collaboration transformed a lead beam into gold. Despite this process lasting only 1 microsecond and being costly, gaining a deeper understanding of this reaction can help improve particle acceleration experiments. The related research results were published in the journal "Physical Review Letters." For centuries, chemists have dreamed of turning the abundant reserves of lead into precious gold.