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

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August 20, 2025Jeff 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 energyhttps://phys.org/news/2025-07-marathon-fusion-mercury-gold-energy.html 2. Finding the shadows in a fusion system faster with AIhttps://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-viewWatch the episode on the FIA's YouTube channel:https://youtu.be/ET5jhBMxnBE

August 20, 2025Jeff 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 energyhttps://phys.org/news/2025-07-marathon-fusion-mercury-gold-energy.html 2. Finding the shadows in a fusion system faster with AIhttps://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-viewWatch the episode on the FIA's YouTube channel:https://youtu.be/ET5jhBMxnBE

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