"To our knowledge, this is the first scientific report of the production of highly energetic neutrons from a LENR device," added the study's co-author in a statement.
Really? REALLY really? On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 2:10 AM, Esa Ruoho <esaru...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.a67cf72fe27770f9ec992da18169937d.a1&show_article=1 > Scientists in possible cold fusion breakthrough > Mar 24 11:49 AM US/Eastern > Researchers at a US Navy laboratory have unveiled what they say is > "significant" evidence of cold fusion, a potential energy source that > has many skeptics in the scientific community. > > The scientists on Monday described what they called the first clear > visual evidence that low-energy nuclear reaction (LENR), or cold > fusion devices can produce neutrons, subatomic particles that > scientists say are indicative of nuclear reactions. > "Our finding is very significant," said analytical chemist Pamela > Mosier-Boss of the US Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center > (SPAWAR) in San Diego, California. > > "To our knowledge, this is the first scientific report of the > production of highly energetic neutrons from a LENR device," added the > study's co-author in a statement. > > The study's results were presented at the annual meeting of the > American Chemical Society in Salt Lake City, Utah. > > The city is also the site of an infamous presentation on cold fusion > 20 years ago by Martin Fleishmann and Stanley Pons that sent > shockwaves across the world. > > Despite their claim to cold fusion discovery, the Fleishmann-Pons > study soon fell into discredit after other researchers were unable to > reproduce the results. > > Scientists have been working for years to produce cold fusion > reactions, a potentially cheap, limitless and environmentally-clean > source of energy. > > Paul Padley, a physicist at Rice University who reviewed Mosier-Boss's > published work, said the study did not provide a plausible explanation > of how cold fusion could take place in the conditions described. > > "It fails to provide a theoretical rationale to explain how fusion > could occur at room temperatures. And in its analysis, the research > paper fails to exclude other sources for the production of neutrons," > he told the Houston Chronicle. > > "The whole point of fusion is, you?re bringing things of like charge > together. As we all know, like things repel, and you have to overcome > that repulsion somehow." > > But Steven Krivit, editor of the New Energy Times, said the study was > "big" and could open a new scientific field. > > The neutrons produced in the experiments "may not be caused by fusion > but perhaps some new, unknown nuclear process," added Krivit, who has > monitored cold fusion studies for the past 20 years. > > __"We're talking about a new field of science that's a hybrid between > chemistry and physics."__ > > > Copyright AFP 2008, AFP stories and photos shall not be published, > broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed > directly or indirectly in any medium > > -- > -- > a hundred million dollar gamble into alternative energy research in > the form of stipends and donations from the worldwide population > could completely alter the face of the planet. > >
