1. Marathon Fusion claims it turned mercury into gold using fusion neutrons

Marathon Fusion claims it turned mercury into gold using fusion neutrons

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  • San Francisco startup Marathon Fusion says it has turned mercury into stable gold using fusion neutrons.
  • In posts on X, it claimed a rate 10 times the record CERN set in 2025, which is not independently verified.
  • The firm says its bigger aim is making scarce medical isotopes for cancer diagnosis and treatment.
  • CERN’s ALICE experiment made about 29 picograms of gold in four years, showing the scale of the problem.

Source: businesstoday.in

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