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Last week, Marathon Fusion, a San Francisco-based energy startup, submitted a preprint detailing an action plan for synthesizing gold particles via nuclear transmutation—essentially the process of turning one element into another by tweaking its nucleus. The paper, which has yet to undergo peer review, argues that the proposed system would offer a new revenue stream from all the new gold being produced, in addition to other economic and technological benefits.

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Alchemy you say? Take my money now, I'll ask questions later. Glad we got in on this before the peer review!

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Kings dont fund science, Kings fund alchemy!

USA USA USA ...

I'll wait and see if they can add some AI to it. But if they can, I'll invest my entire life savings.