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 decades in ...

The dream of the ancient alchemists may come true as Marathon Fusion announces that its tokamak fusion reactor technology can turn common mercury into gold as a byproduct of fusion operations in ...

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 decades in ...

A California startup is serving up nuclear fusion with a side of alchemy. San Francisco-based Marathon Fusion announced it has discovered a method to turn mercury into gold during the nuclear fusion ...

Queen Mary University of London provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The alchemist’s dream is to make gold from common metals, but can this be done? The physics needed to explain how ...

A fusion energy startup claims to have found a way to turn mercury into gold. As the Financial Times reports, San Francisco-based Marathon Fusion says that the same process that could one day ...

KEDOUGOU, Senegal (AP) — The quickest way to separate gold from rock, Sadio Camara says, is with a drop of mercury. She empties a dime-sized packet of the silvery liquid into a plastic bucket of muddy ...

In Senegal’s gold-rich Kedougou region, women and children face serious health risks from mercury exposure used in gold processing. Despite Senegal’s 2016 pledge to reduce mercury use, the toxic metal ...

A global mercury summit in Geneva has faced criticism from environmental and Indigenous groups for failing to act on mercury ...