In the past we have discussed the troublesome claims of cold fusion by Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann back in the 1980s/early '90s. Well, as reported in an article in the NY Times, it seems that there has been another similar claim with, again, similar difficulties at replicating the alleged effects.
 
 
University to Investigate Fusion Study
Published: March 8, 2006

Purdue University has opened an investigation into "extremely serious" concerns regarding the research of a professor who said he had produced nuclear fusion in a tabletop experiment, the university announced yesterday.

Fusion is the process the sun uses to produce heat and light, and scientists led by Rusi P. Taleyarkhan, a professor of nuclear engineering at Purdue, said they were able to achieve the same feat by blasting a container of liquid solvent with strong ultrasonic vibrations.

The rest of the article appears in the NY Times web site: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/08/science/08fusion.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Miguel

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