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Yes, they can. In fact, they're absolutely necessary these days due to the energies needed to create them. There are two main labs in the world that focus on doing this. The first is the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany. The second is Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California.

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EDIT: "No" is an incorrect answer. Particle accelerators are the only way to create new elements; the nuclei of two stable atoms collide and may form the nucleus of a new element. However, the new nuclei are unstable and will decay rapidly.

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Particle accelerators cause particles to crash together at huge speeds. The artificial transmutation of elements can be achieved within a particle accelerator changing one element to another.

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