Scientists turn lead into gold for 1st time, but only for a split second
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/scientists-turn-lead-gold-1st-time-split/story?id=121762241
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/scientists-turn-lead-gold-1st-time-split/story?id=121762241
19 Comments
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca · 25 pts · 1y
First time? Specifically for the LHC maybe.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 1y
Yeah, haven't we turned lead into gold before? (A few atoms, not the most stable isotope)
How is this a "first"?
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 1y
This isn't the first time. They've done this before, and it's well documented. It's also irradiated, if memory serves.
obbeel@lemmy.eco.br · 3 pts · 1y
Any sources?
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 1y
Probably.
gargolito@lemm.ee · 19 pts · 1y
So... Not really?
huquad@lemmy.ml · 38 pts · 1y
Counts as long as they found a buyer in that window
oce@jlai.lu · 12 pts · 1y
And for 1000000 times the cost of normal extraction probably.
Beacon@fedia.io · 17 pts · 1y
The goal isn't to come up with an economical way to produce gold. Read the last 2 paragraphs
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
But consider the last several hundred years of alchemy.
oce@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 1y
I know.
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 1y
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 · 9 pts · 1y
So what's this guy holding?
Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 1y
An unrelated gold nugget, two years ago, at a completely different location, for some reason.
neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 1y
Ohhh! EXCUSE ME! I guess just everyone knows what gold looks like!
/s
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
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 · 8 pts · 1y
Have you never made small pellets of Ferrero Rocher wrapping ?
lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
They have had greay success at turning gold into less gold.
CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
For a split second. The creator was also immortal