Several centuries ago, a branch of alchemy called chrysopoeia is said to have explored the possibilities of transforming ...

Centuries after alchemists sought transmutation, CERN scientists have turned lead into gold using the Large Hadron Collider.

Our bodies emit a stream of low-energy photons, and now experiments in mice have revealed that this ghostly glow is cut off when we die ...

Einstein’s strangest optical illusion has been captured—thanks to lasers, a cube, and a bit of artistic inspiration.

Scientists have just snapped pictures of single atoms as they move around freely, capturing details once hidden from sight.

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

Large Hadron Collider have achieved the ancient dream of turning lead into gold through high-speed nuclear collisions — but ...

MIT physicists have taken the first-ever direct images of individual atoms interacting freely in space. Their findings, ...

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

CERN's ALICE experiment turned lead into gold—briefly—reviving alchemists' old dreams with modern nuclear physics.

Unorthodox though it is, his work has been highly impactful and widely celebrated: Nagel won the 1999 Oliver E. Buckley Prize ...

Fast-moving objects don’t always look the way you’d expect. When something travels near the speed of light, strange things ...