...Wouldn't be the first time where scientists promise to turn lead into cold and where their officially peer reviewed paper falls "slightly short" of that.
I can do that. Just put the lead in the freezer and it "turns into cold". <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Everybody makes mistakes. They don't necessarily invalidate other statements, especially unrelated ones.
According to Wikipedia transmutation is possible, only too expensive. Check the
article in wikipedia from which the following quote and reference were extracted:
...Ironically, it transpired that, under true nuclear transmutation, it is far easier to turn gold into lead than the reverse reaction, which was the one the alchemists had ardently pursued. Nuclear experiments have successfully transmuted lead into gold, but the expense far exceeds any gain.[3]
[3] Anne Marie Helmenstine, url=http://chemistry.about.com/cs/generalchemistry/a/aa050601a.htm]Turning Lead into Gold: Is Alchemy Real?[/url], About.com:Chemistry, retrieved January 2008.
