alchemist

The Nuton name plays on Isaac Newton, the alchemist, as well as the hunt for “a new ton” of copper, which had become elusive via deal or discovery, Burley said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

A self-proclaimed alchemist, Williams specializes in transforming wet soil into hardened sculptures that typically live outdoors, where the wind carries seedlings that may attach to the artist’s creations and bloom.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

Whoever can turn it invisible by bending light around it will change warfare just as dramatically as the Chinese alchemist 900 years ago who was looking for the elixir of life and discovered gunpowder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

Back in the album chart, hip-hop alchemist Travis Scott holds steady at number two with his sprawling fourth album, Utopia.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2023

I’m seeking a true alchemist who will help me to decipher the codes.”

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

Whereas the alchemists of old sought ways to turn base metals into gold, I am transforming a precious metal into gifts for the most important people in my life, family members both past and present.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Astrologers consult a national zodiac, palm readers ring pagodas, would-be alchemists attempt to transmute mercury into gold and SIM card companies advertise dial-a-diviners.

From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025

Financially speaking, the wellness industry has finally succeeded where centuries of alchemists failed: turning magnesium into gold.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

Transforming base materials into gold was one of the elusive goals of the alchemists of yore.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024

But there were more serious alchemists such as Paracelsus and even Isaac Newton.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan