“They’ve Cracked the Alchemist’s Code”: US Fusion Firm Claims Reactor Can Turn Mercury Into Gold and Scientists Are Divided

Illustration of nuclear fusion reactors transmuting mercury into gold, generated by artificial intelligence.

“They’ve Cracked the Alchemist’s Code”: US Fusion Firm Claims Reactor Can Turn Mercury Into Gold and Scientists Are Divided

IN A NUTSHELL 🔬 Marathon Fusion claims to have discovered a method to transmute mercury into gold using nuclear fusion technology. 💡 The process involves bombarding mercury-198 with neutrons inside a fusion reactor to create stable gold-197. 💰 This innovation could generate up to $550 million worth of gold per gigawatt of fusion energy annually, … Continue reading “They’ve Cracked the Alchemist’s Code”: US Fusion Firm Claims Reactor Can Turn Mercury Into Gold and Scientists Are Divided