500 years ago, alchemists tried to make gold from other elements – a process called transmutation – by the use of a magic stone called  philosopher stone. Modern science told us this cannot be possible. At the university we have learned  that no nuclear reactions should be possible under normal (mild) reaction conditions. Only under very high temperatures, such as in plasma, elements would fuse and convert to other elements.

Now, more and more evidence has been accumulated that transmutation, the conversion of elements into other elements, might be possible even under mild conditions.