Jed Rothwell wrote:
> > Cravens & Letts (4, 63) and Letts & Hagelstein (81). They finally got > laser stimulation to work again, based on advice from Peter Hagelstein. > It stopped working after they ran out of a particular type of palladium, > and they could not get the result again in 50+ attempts over 3 years (I > think they said). They finally tried the wavelengths Peter suggested (8, > 15, 20 THz) and the effect now turns on reproducibly. Not only does the > heat appear when the laser is applied, but when the laser is turned off > the reaction stops. They turned on a particular cathode a second time > after putting it aside for months. This sounds like very good news!! Is that as huge as it sounds like it is, or am I confused? Hagelstein predicted there was a way to make it work, they tested it, and bingo, it works that way -- like wow, this sounds like actual, solid, *science*, guys! ... > Mizuno was upset with the conference organizers for shoving his and > other interesting experimental results into the last day. I agree that > experimental results should be the focus of cold fusion. It was a shame > that Cravens, Letts and Hagelstein's laser stimulation was pushed into a > poster session. Laser stimulation was a poster session? Why ever? If it's working reliably -- and, much more important, if it's working the way it works because THEORY SAID IT SHOULD, and they tried it, and the theory was supported -- that is, like, HUGE news, I would think!
