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This allowed the scientists to witness the dynamical ‘transmutation’ of exotic particles, which had been theoretically predicted for these exotic quantum states.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
This strategy reduces risks to the entire transmutation process, Hirshfield says, because issues arising from one accelerator would not compromise the entire supply chain as would be the case for a singular large accelerator.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2025
Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) — the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator — have observed a real-life transmutation of lead into gold.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 13 May 2025
Fulfilling the dream of medieval alchemists, physicists have observed the transmutation of lead into gold—through nuclear physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful particle accelerator.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
This strategy reduces risks to the entire transmutation process, Hirshfield says, because issues arising from one accelerator would not compromise the entire supply chain as would be the case for a singular large accelerator.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2025
Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) — the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator — have observed a real-life transmutation of lead into gold.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 13 May 2025
Fulfilling the dream of medieval alchemists, physicists have observed the transmutation of lead into gold—through nuclear physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful particle accelerator.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transmutation
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For families This retreat isn’t designed for children—the programming, meal structure, and daily intensity are tailored to adults fully committed to a week of health transformation.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Mar. 2026
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Nowhere is this more the case than the energy sector that has underwritten and made possible the transformation of the Gulf states over the past half-century, and whose health remains vital to the global economy and supply chains in oil, gas and many derivative products.—
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2026
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With powerful visual storytelling, the film will interweave the rigorous scientific research and poetry of Lucy’s writing, with personal stories from a diverse range of contributors to offer a radical and profound examination of maternal metamorphosis.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Mar. 2026
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The metamorphosis — cultivated by the city and fueled by developers — is bringing dramatic change to the Pompano skyline, generating buzz locally and beyond.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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Not only that, through comparing 182 skin biopsies, the researchers showed the UV emitted from tanning beds caused unique DNA mutations, more damaging than previously known.—
Tori Crowther,
Allure,
19 Mar. 2026
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Then, in 2023, the FDA approved a new drug, Qalsody (tofersen), which was found to reverse symptoms of ALS patients with a different mutation called SOD1.—
Mindy Uhrlaub,
STAT,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Transmutation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transmutation. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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