A company says it could turn mercury into gold using nuclear fusion. Can we take this claim seriously? Story by Adrian Bevan • 1w ...

If Sir Isaac Newton’s wildest dream is finally coming true, we could be on the brink of a new type of gold rush.

Across West Africa, mercury — a potent neurotoxin — remains the dominant method for extracting gold from ore in the region’s booming informal mining sector, much of it illegal and unregulated.

The company’s co-founders, both in their early 30s, have outlined a plan to use high-energy neutrons produced in fusion reactors to transmute mercury into gold.

This breakthrough turns old tech into pure gold — No mercury, no cyanide, just light and salt New method published in Nature Sustainability Date: June 27, 2025 Source: Flinders University ...

The alchemist's dream is to make gold from common metals, but can this be done? The physics needed to explain how to change one element into another is well understood and has been used for ...

In Senegal's gold-rich Kedougou region, women and children face serious health risks from mercury exposure used in gold processing.

Californian startup Marathon Fusion says it could produce several tonnes of the element per year.