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

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A summary of recent fusion energy news stories presented by young fusion researchers. Keep up to date with all the recent news in the industry in this one easy, fortnightly package. And look out for the bonus "Extra" deep-dives. Fusion News is also available as a video version for those who like pictures: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQSc-BFbCpFJjhZldM3BOcQ

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

Fusion News

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

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