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Scientists simulating the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold

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Lead and gold are different elements, with a difference of three protons between them

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Scientific breakthrough when researchers accidentally turn lead into gold while trying to recreate the Big Bang

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The Alchemist

Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider accidentally turned lead into gold while trying to recreate the Big Bang. Researchers working on the “Alice” experiment at Cern, Switzerland, have produced a rare precious metal as they try to recreate conditions from shortly after the universe began. Medieval alchemists had tried to turn lead into gold for … Read more