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Mercury Into Gold Is the Headline. AI-Powered Science Is the Bigger Story!

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A startup says it has turned mercury into gold. That sounds like the opening of a scam email—or a discovery that arrived several centuries late. But Marathon Fusion, a San Francisco–based company, says it has demonstrated mercury-to-gold transmutation using neutrons produced by fusion reactions. Re…

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  1. 2026-10-23 13:06 · DEV Community — AI
    Mercury Into Gold Is the Headline. AI-Powered Science Is the Bigger Story!

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