Marathon Fusion claims to turn mercury into real gold, challenges CERN record
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Marathon Fusion, a San Francisco startup, claims to have transformed mercury into stable gold on the X platform, surpassing CERN's record by a factor of 10. The company's fusion reactor currently operates at only 1 kilowatt—one millionth of a gigawatt—and detailed experimental data are scarce. The gold produced is reportedly radioactive and requires 7 to 17 years of storage before sale per safety standards. According to the World Gold Council, global gold mine production in 2025 reached 3,672 tons.
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Marathon Fusion声称将汞转化为真实稳定金
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- Subject：
- Marathon Fusion
- Action：
- 在X上宣布实验结果
- Object：
- 将汞转化为金
- Occurred (fact side)：
- Oct 21, 00:00
- Published (valid side)：
- Oct 22, 20:17
- First seen (known side)：
- Oct 22, 20:50
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Report first recorded Oct 22, 20:50
San Francisco startup Marathon Fusion announced on X on October 21 that it turned mercury into "real, stable gold," claiming to beat CERN's record by a factor of 10. However, the demonstration lacked details on production volume or experimental data; CERN's ALICE team measured about 29 picograms of gold from its 2015 to 2018 run. Marathon's 2025 paper modeled about 2 tonnes of gold per gigawatt of thermal power annually, compared to global mine production of 3,672 tonnes in 2025, and 222,600 tonnes of existing above-ground mined gold as of Q2 2026. Furthermore, the startup's current reactor is only 1 kilowatt of fusion power, a millionth of a gigawatt, and the freshly made gold would require 7 to 17 years of storage before sale due to radioactive isotopes.
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