Like a Bad Penny
Cold fusion keeps coming back! No word when I can install a reactor in the basement, though.
Posted by Fred Kiesche at May 9, 2007 09:35 AMActually this is good. The original Fleischmann and Pons "cold fusion" papers used a very complex electrochemical cell setup for the experiments. The energy inputs and outputs of these systems are notoriously hard to isolate. The simpler setup developed at the Naval Labs means the results will be easier to reproduce, which allow serious research to go forward without stigma.
Posted by: Ron at May 9, 2007 11:34 AMAh, no, I agree. Good news. The title was a subtle (too subtle) joke/play on the picture that they use.
Like I said, I'm waiting on getting a Mr. Fusion in my basement. Or one of Bussard's water-heater-sized models.
Posted by: Nameless Blog Poster at May 9, 2007 11:41 AMNo word when I can install a reactor in the basement, though
The week after Gerrold delivers the next installment in the Chtorr series.
Posted by: Brian at May 9, 2007 01:48 PMOuch! Yes, it has been quite a while since I saw that notice on his site saying it was coming "real soon now". Let's just hope that George R. R. Martin is more timely with the next installment in the whole Game of Thrones epic!
Posted by: Nameless Blog Poster at May 9, 2007 02:37 PMBennett Daviss' article in New Scientist on May 3 is a follow-up piece to the in-depth article on the SPAWAR San Diego research by Steven Krivit and Daviss published in New Energy Times in November.
Apparently, New Scientist chose to neglect the term "low energy nuclear reactions," which those of us observing, and working in the field have now adopted.
The term "cold fusion" was never chosen by Fleischmann and Pons; it was wished on them by the press. It was and is a poor descriptor for the phenomenon. The concept of fusion remains highly speculative, a variety of phenomena are clearly not fusion, and then there is the Widom-Larsen not-fusion theory. (http://www.newenergytimes.com/wltheory)
Related New Energy Times stories:
Report on the 2006 Naval Science and Technology Partnership Conference (Sept. 10, 2006) (http://newenergytimes.com/news/2006/NET18.htm#FROMED)
Extraordinary Evidence (Nov. 10, 2006) (http://newenergytimes.com/news/2006/NET19.htm#ee)
Extraordinary Courage: Report on Some LENR Presentations at the 2007 American Physical Society Meeting (March 16, 2007) (http://newenergytimes.com/news/2007/NET21.htm#apsreport)
Charged Particles for Dummies: A Conversation With Lawrence P.G. Forsley (May 10, 2007) (http://newenergytimes.com/news/2007/NET22.htm)
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Steven Krivit
Editor, New Energy Times