Published: Mar 30, 2026, 21:15 IST | Updated: Mar 30, 2026, 21:15 IST
Scientists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) successfully turned lead into gold as an incidental result of their high-energy physics experiments, not a complete accident. This process, a form of nuclear transmutation, created only a microscopic, fleeting amount of gold and has no practical use for making wealth.