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