Although alchemy tends to be popularly reduced to the quest to turn base metals into gold, it was based on a far more complex blend of occultism, natural philosophy, chemistry, and metal working.

But there was also the mystical aspect of alchemy. Through this lens, gold was not just a valuable substance, but held deep spiritual meaning. Gold never tarnishes, and thus was seen as an everlasting ...

Expanding Semiconductor Capabilities: Atomic Alchemy’s technologies include Neutron Transmutation Doping of silicon, a "gold-standard" process that uses neutrons produced in a nuclear reactor to ...