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Cold Fusion -- 18 Years and Heating Up
Ambient temperature fusion technologies and
developments.
Page Contents:
Latest Overview
Commercial Applications
Related Sites Books
16 Year Anniversary
15 Year Anniversary Controversy
Cooling Educational Research
and Development Cold Fusion
Variants Documentary In
the Movies Hal
Ade's Cold Fusion Links See also
See also:
- Sonofusion;
- ColdFusion
- index at PESWiki.com
Also known as: Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR), or
Chemically Assisted Nuclear Reactions (CANR)
Latest Developments
- An Interview with Dr. Edmund Storms
(pdf) - John Allen Rudesill from Infinite Energy interviews the
well-revered author of The Science of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction: A Comprehensive Compilation of Evidence and Explanations About Cold
Fusion. (Infinite Energy; Issue 75, 2007)
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- Cold-Fusion
Graybeards Keep the Research Coming - Recent conference at MIT
concludes that with 3,000+ published studies from around the world,
the question of whether Cold Fusion is real is not the issue.
Now the question is whether or not it can be made commercially viable,
and for that, some serious funding is needed. (Wired; Aug. 22,
2007)
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- Navy Heats Up Cold Fusion Hopes
- A recently published academic
paper from the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (Spawar)
in San Diego throws cold water on skeptics of cold fusion. The article
claims that Spawar scientists have achieved a low energy nuclear
reaction (LERN) that can be replicated and verified by the scientific
community. (DailyTech; May 5, 2007) (See Slashdot
discussion)
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- Navy
Discovers Cold Fusion (again) - The Navy back in 2002 published two
volumes in support of cold fusion. Now, Navy researchers from the Space and
Naval Warfare Systems Center have published an article in the respected
journal Naturwissenschaften, claiming an experiment that is highly
reproducible and demonstrates nuclear reactions. (ZPEnergy; Mar. 27,
2007)
- Practical
Fusion, or Just a Bubble? -
Impulse
Devices is exploring
sound-driven fusion, called sonofusion or bubble fusion, to expand and
collapse tiny bubbles, generating ultrahot temperatures. Other
researchers already have working desktop fusion devices, but building
a fusion reactor that generates more energy than it consumes is far
more challenging. (New York Times; Feb. 27, 2007)
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- Cold
Fusion Scientist Exonerated - the scientist who discovered a
possible cold fusion reaction by bombarding a solvent with neutrons
and sonic waves has recently been exonerated of accusations of
scientific misconduct following the verification of his results by
another scientist. (New Scientist; Feb. 19, 2007) (See Slashdot
discussion)
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- Gene
Mallove's cold fusion dreams survive - Review of progress made
in field, with increasing validation and academic acceptance.
Commercial applications expected from D2Fusion, and Blacklight Power,
including a 1 kW generator pending. (Concord Monitor; Aug. 8,
2006)
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- Cold
Fusion in Investment Banker Article - "Cold fusion, while
still highly experimental, offers the potential for cheap and
virtually unlimited power for electricity generation, transportation,
space flight, and home heating." (FreeMarketNews; May 30,
2006)
[Comment: No investment business would say that
unless they've done their due diligence. -- Hal Ade, NEC]
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- Successful
Cold Fusion Replication - Researchers in Boulder Colorado
report 1.3 to 1.4 more energy out than was put into the system,
replicating an experimental procedure described in a paper presented
at the ICCF12 meeting in Japan last November. (JLN Labs;
Mar. 20, 2006)
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- Rensselaer
Confirms UCLA Tabletop Fusion - New York physicists
have confirmed that a tabletop contraption made at UCLA does in fact
generate nuclear fusion at room temperatures, using pairs of crystals
and a small tank of deuterium. Could lead to ultra-portable x-ray
machines and even a wearable device that could provide safe,
continuous cancer treatment. (ScienceBlog; Feb. 13, 2006) (See Slashdot
discussion)
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- Abnormal
excess heat observed during Mizuno-type experiments - Video
presentation, with photos and reprint of paper by Fauvarque et al.,
presented presented at the 12th International Conference on Condensed
Matter Nuclear Science (ICCF-12) at Yokohama city, Japan; Nov. 27 -
Dec. 2, 2005. (JLNLabs; Dec. 20, 2005)
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 Bench
Top Cold Fusion Reported at UCLA Makes Worldwide Splash - MILESTONE:
The prestigious Nature journal today has published a report of table top
cold fusion at UCLA. An Associate Press story is receiving widespread
coverage by mainstream news organizations. (PESN; April 28, 2005)- Bench
Top Sonofusion at Purdue and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - IEEE
reports apparatus that produces nuclear fusion inside tiny vapor bubbles may
one day give us cheap, clean, and virtually limitless energy. (PESN;
April 28, 2005)
- Cold
Fusion Conferences > Cold
Fusion Goes Back to School at MIT - Colloquium to be held on
Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus May 21, 2005. (PESN;
April 20, 2005)
- The
Unlimited Energy Source: A Myth or Reality? - Edmund Storms, a
retired scientist of the US Los Alamos National Laboratory, has built a cold
fusion reactor. It consists of laboratory glassware, off-the-shelf chemical
supplies, two aging Macintosh personal computers for data acquisition, and
an insulated wooden box the size of a kitchen cabinet. Storms's apparatus
and ancillary gear have cost less than $50,000. Moreover, he claims that his
equipment works, generating surplus heat for days at a time. (Nigeria
World; March 27, 2005)
- 'Solid
State (Cold) Fusion Papers to be highlighted at APS March meeting -
The America Physical Society will feature a full session presenting solid
state (cold) fusion papers on Thursday March 24th at the Los Angeles
Convention Center. (ZPEnergy; Jan. 17, 2005)
- US DOE Report on
Cold Fusion is Out - "While significant progress has been made
in the sophistication of calorimeters since the review of this subject in
1989, the conclusions reached by the reviewers today are similar to those
found in the 1989 review." (FreeEnergyNews; Dec. 1, 2004)
- D2Fusion.com -
Claims to be preparing kilowatt-level devices for market introduction in
late 2005 or early 2006. D2Fusion was recently acquired by Solar Energy
Limited of Vancouver, Canada. Skeptics doubt the validity of milestone
claims.
Not
- In
from the cold - Sixteen years after the hope, hype and
recriminations, cold fusion is news again. David Adam investigates a
scientific controversy that won't go away. (EducationGuardian.co.uk;
March 24, 2005)
- Cold
Fusion: A Heated History -A visit to MIT to get an update on
the present work being done in cold fusion. "Because of his
continued work on cold fusion, Peter Hagelstein lives a life of
virtual academic exile at MIT." (Living on the Earth;
Sept. 30, 2005)
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- Coming
in out of the cold: Cold fusion, for real - Christian Science
Monitor weighs in on recent room-temperature fusion report from UCLA.
For real, but not very practical. (June 6, 2005)
 It's
deemed impossible by scientific theory, but cold fusion is back -
#13 of "13 things that do not make sense" article by New
Scientist. (March 19, 2005)- The
Big Science Chill - The politics of science gave Cold Fusion a bum
wrap. (Technology News; Jan. 7)
- Whatever
Happened to Cold Fusion? - "Between Cold Fusion and respectable
science there is virtually no communication at all. Cold fusion papers are
almost never published in refereed scientific journals, with the result that
those works don't receive the normal critical scrutiny that science
requires. On the other hand, because the Cold-Fusioners see themselves as a
community under siege, there is little internal criticism." (Dr. David
Goldstein; Caltech 2002)
- Warming
Up to Cold Fusion - Washington Post runs a feature length story,
reviving hope for a future of clean, inexhaustible, inexpensive energy.
Fifteen years after the scientific embarrassment of the century, is this the
beginning of something big -- again?
(Washington Post; Nov. 20, 2004)
- Cold
Fusion Back From the Dead - Later this month, the U.S. Department of
Energy will receive a report from a panel of experts on the prospects for
cold fusionthe supposed generation of thermonuclear energy using tabletop
apparatus (IEEE Spectrum; Aug. 31, 2004)
- Nobel
Laureate Brian Josephson Bemoans Cold Fusion Taboo - It's
unfortunate that you cannot publish a paper having the words cold fusion
in it, despite the merits of the research. Address to 500 top grad
students. (U of Chicago Chronicle; Nov. 18, 2004)
- Science
in neglect: Nobel laureate speaks out for cold fusion - Nobel
prize winner Brian Josephson tells other Nobel laureates that the rejection
of real empirical cold fusion phenomena by the scientific community is like
the modern equivalent to continental drift. (New Energy Times;
July 8, 2004)
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Data
Versus Dogma: The Continuing Battle Over Cold Fusion -
Establishment science continues to turn cold shoulder despite mounting
scientific evidence. (PESN; March 24, 2004)
- Cold
Fusion Oral History to be Housed at the U of U - The
University of Utah's J. Willard Marriott Library will be the
repository for New Energy Foundation's Cold Fusion Oral History
Collection upon its completion. This important oral record of the
major researchers, theorists, journalists and administrators will
complement other collections that the Library has related to cold
fusion history. (PESN; Feb. 16, 2008)
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- High
School Students Replicate Cold Fusion - While the dangers
posed by cold fusion experimentation should be taken carefully into
consideration, there are some helpful scientific papers available for
those interested. One college professor reports that materials for an
experiment can cost as little as $500 USD. (GTFE, Aug. 8)
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- Extra-Dimensional
Power? - Graham Toquer postulates possible mechanisms whereby cold
fusion obtains the extra power that is observed, possibly involving
neutrinos and extradimensional shifts. (Infinite Energy; Issue 75,
2007)
- Cold
Fusion: Data vs Dogma: Fact vs Fiction - Leslie R. Pastor addresses
the hypocrisy of the mainstream scientific community in handling the Cold
Fusion revolution. Cites extensive resources regarding Cold Fusion
developments. (PESN; April 3, 2005)
- Cold
fusion and the path of the quantum transition [direct]
- Where the electron goes during the quantum transition has been
a mystery. Cold fusion experiments may have revealed the process. (ZPEnergy;
Jan. 20, 2005)
- Researchers
report bubble fusion results replicated - Researchers from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, and the Russian Academy of Science have managed to replicate
controversial cold fusion experiments. (The Inquirer, England; Jan.
21, 2005) (Citing March 2, 2004 press release)
- Mozanium
Discovered in Fusion Experiment - Russian scientist, Dr. Beika
Mppetski, discovered new element when performing a 100C cold fusion
experiment in his lab reactor and had inadvertently discarded the stirring
vessel. (Azom.com; March 31, 2005)
- Sonofusion - Room
temperature fusion using sound frequencies
- Explaining
high density cold fusion - The process of cold fusion is very
different from fusion processes in plasmas which are less dense by many
factors of ten. (PRWeb, Ferndale, WA; Sept. 8, 2004)
JL Naudin
Misc
- Cold
Fusion by Plasma Electrolysis of Water - "It has been disclosed
that transmutation of the atomic nuclei of alkaline metals and the atomic
nuclei of the cathode material takes place during plasma electrolysis of
water." (Post updated Dec. 20, 2002)
 The
Saint (1997) - Val Kilmer plays master of disguise Simon
Templar, hired by the Russians to steal a formula for cold fusion from a
distractingly beautiful physicist (Elisabeth Shue). (purchase)- Spiderman
2 - Has a Farnsworth Fusor-like device in it.
Conference
Obstacles
- Federal
Circuit Rejects Professor's Attempt to Patent Cold Fusion Technique
- On appeal, the CAFC relied on the "scientific community's
considerable doubt" regarding the utility of "cold fusion" in
sustaining a prima facie case for lack of utility and enablement -- even
though the articles relied upon by the PTO were anectodal and not
peer-reviewed. (Patently Obvious; Chicago, IL, USA; Dec. 10, 2004)
More links from Hal
Ade
Contrast to High Energy Nuclear Reactions
Index created by Sterling
D. Allan, March 23, 2004
Last updated March 12, 2013
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Cold
fusion frozen in time - Physicists and chemists devoured
newspaper accounts and pored over TV clips for clues about what
Pons and Fleischmann were doing. Graduate students stayed up all
night tweaking laboratory equipment in hopes of glimpsing cold
fusion.
Cold
Fusion Reactor : Power measurements with a Power-Meter - By none
other than JL Naudin. He sure is on a roll! See this
comment in ZPEnergy.
