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Marathon Fusion claims it can turn mercury into gold with fusion reactions; AI enabling fusion systems improvement

Marathon Fusion claims it can turn mercury into gold with fusion reactions; AI enabling fusion systems improvement

Update: 2025-08-20
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August 20, 2025


Jeff Peachman, PhD student at the University of Washington, gives this week's Fusion News update - summarizing behind the headlines of recent fusion energy news articles. Links to the stories discussed are included below.


1. Marathon Fusion claims it can turn mercury into gold while creating clean energy

https://phys.org/news/2025-07-marathon-fusion-mercury-gold-energy.html 


2. Finding the shadows in a fusion system faster with AI

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-shadows-fusion-faster-ai.html 


Bonus:

https://news.arizona.edu/news/u-industry-partners-poised-advance-fusion-innovation 


https://www.neimagazine.com/news/boron-powder-boosts-fusion-plasma-control/?cf-view


Watch the episode on the FIA's YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/ET5jhBMxnBE


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Marathon Fusion claims it can turn mercury into gold with fusion reactions; AI enabling fusion systems improvement

Marathon Fusion claims it can turn mercury into gold with fusion reactions; AI enabling fusion systems improvement

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