Scientists with the European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known as CERN, were able to convert lead into gold ...

MIT physicists have captured the first images of individual atoms freely interacting in space— “free-range” particles never ...

For the first time, the extremely neutron-rich hydrogen isotope ⁶H has been produced and measured using an electron ...

MIT scientists have snapped the first-ever images of individual atoms interacting freely in space, making visible the elusive ...

For centuries, alchemists have dreamed of turning lead into gold. At the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), they’ve finally managed ...

The world's largest particle collider produces roughly 89,000 gold nuclei every second, all from smashing lead atoms together ...

Until now, atoms have never been imaged interacting freely in space, but a new technique known as non-resolved microscopy has ...

In space, energetic neutrinos are usually paired with energetic gamma rays. Galaxy NGC 1068, however, emits strong neutrinos and weak gamma rays, which presents a puzzle for scientists to solve. A new ...

For a while, in the Middle Ages, there was a real craze for trying to turn unassuming lead into pure, gleaming gold.

In near-miss collisions between heavy lead atoms, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have detected the real-world ...

The ALICE experiment of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) looks at what happens when heavy ions smash together. Mostly, it is ...

Buried deep in the ice in the Antarctic are "eyes" that can see elementary particles called neutrinos, and what they've ...