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CERN is turning lead into gold

Friday, 9 May 2025 06:30

Alchemy – the dream of mankind for centuries. Turning a base metal into gold.

But CERN reveals it can do it. 

However, there is a catch. It takes a lot of energy and the amount produced is small.

In the publication, Physical Review Journals, CERN reveals it can strip three protons from a lead nucleus – which turns it into gold.

But the amount produced is tiny. CERN says in four years the amount of gold made is still billions of times short of making a piece of jewellery -and then the gold exists only for a fraction of a second.

But the fact remains – CERN is turning lead into gold.

 

 

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