Loading ...not to worry, the atom smashers have been able to transmute lead into gold for quite a while.
what the article failed to mention is the scale of the operation. the yield in gold is in nanograms at most. probably less. picograms? femtograms?
the bottom line is yes, they can make gold, but it takes megabucks in equipment, labor (phd physicisists don’t work cheap), and energy to get an amount of gold that a powerful microscope has trouble seeing.