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Storyflo Health — Daily Health Brief · Jun 10, 2026 · 2m

Gold’s reputation for being chemically inert isn’t due to the atom itself but to the way its crystal surfaces are arranged. Researchers showed that the “bodyguards” on a gold surface block reactions, while gold nanoparticles expose more reactive facets, letting them act as catalysts in ways bulk gold does not. Commonwealth Fusion is making the physics case for a 400‑megawatt tokamak, positioning it as a stepping stone between the ITER experiment and future DEMO plants. By demonstrating stable plasma control at that scale, the company hopes to accelerate the path toward commercial fusion…