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Extraordinary Evidence – "Cold Fusion"

Physics Friday, November 10, 2006 . This is a SciScoop post by StevenKrivit

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Scientists at the U.S. Navy’s San Diego SPAWAR Systems Center have produced something unique in the 17-year history of the scientific drama historically known as cold fusion: simple, portable, highly repeatable, unambiguous, and permanent physical evidence of nuclear events using detectors that have a long track record of reliability and acceptance among nuclear physicists.

Using a unique experimental method called co-deposition, combined with the application of external electric and magnetic fields, and recording the results with standard nuclear-industry detectors, researchers have produced what may be the most convincing evidence yet in the pursuit of proof of low energy nuclear reactions.

New Energy Times, issue #19
“Extraordinary Evidence”
http://newenergytimes.com/news/2006/NET19.htm#ee

2 Responses to Extraordinary Evidence – "Cold Fusion"

StevenKrivit

November 16th, 2006 at 3:43 am

We would like to hear your feedback.

What do you think? Is this news impressive, meaningless, or somewhere in between?

A few clarifications to consider:

  1. Neither these researchers nor New Energy Times purports any form of “fusion” reaction with regard to this news story. Instead, the evidence reported is for some anomalous form of low energy nuclear reaction.
  2. We have been asked questions about controls and there is more to report. We will upload a post regarding the controls in a few days.
  3. Naturally, it is hoped that the paper submitted in September to a peer-reviewed journal will be accepted and that successful replications will confirm that this experiment is reproducible.

Steven Krivit
Editor, New Energy Times

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babasyzygy

November 28th, 2006 at 7:33 am


Is this news impressive, meaningless, or somewhere in between?

“Yes.  Most definitely.”

As is, this isn’t much more than a notice to keep watching this space.  The first important bit of news will be when/if it’s published in a generally accepted peer reviewed journal.  The next will be when/if other people duplicate the results, and the next after that will be when/if it finds an application.

I want to get excited about this, but it’d be jumping the gun to do so before any of those steps actually happens.

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