Hacker News with Generative AI: Lead

ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC (home.cern)
Near-miss collisions between high-energy lead nuclei at the LHC generate intense electromagnetic fields that can knock out protons and transform lead into fleeting quantities of gold nuclei

Physics, Nuclear Physics, Gold, Lead

15 points by miiiiiike 46 minutes ago | 1 comments

ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC (phys.org)
In a paper published in Physical Review C, the ALICE collaboration reports measurements that quantify the transmutation of lead into gold in CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

Physics, Nuclear Physics, CERN, Gold, Lead

16 points by jonbaer 9 hours ago | 1 comments

Lead exposure in last century shrank IQ scores of half of Americans (today.duke.edu)
A new study calculates that exposure to car exhaust from leaded gas during childhood stole a collective 824 million IQ points from more than 170 million Americans alive today, about half the population of the United States.

Health, Science, Environmental Issues, United States, Lead

43 points by geox 156 days ago | 9 comments