Italian source: http://forum.corriere.it/ambiente_e_clima/21-02-2011/fusione-fredda-1703915.html Italian to English google translation:
Cold Fusion Recently, in Bologna, there was a demonstration of energy production probably from nuclear-temperature environment. The result was a power output, and monitored continuously, twenty times higher than that released for operation. The invention of the method (referred to as "catalytic power") is the engineer. Andrea Rossi, while the measurements and theoretical studies have been carried out by the team led by prof. Sergio Focardi, coordinated by prof. Giuseppe Levi, both of the Department of Physics, University of Bologna, in collaboration with the INFN Bologna. I will not elaborate on details, but I think it's useful for those who frequent the forum to have this news, which had already disclosed by the Carlino and local editions of other newspapers (including the CDS). The doubts about the origin of this emission of energy (in the shape and thermal absolutely "clean") are not completely excluded, but if the tests will lead to confirmation, the catalyst of energy would be the ultimate solution to the energy problem. I think the public should start to talk and to be involved: the only way, this to avoid the "cover up" by the powerful current and potential exploiters energy for military purposes (which in the past seems to have been completed, about cold fusion). At the same time, the interest of public opinion through the media can stimulate public and private institutions to invest some money in this research, which has so far been carried out on a budget by Little Match Girl. The other advantage would be to get a certified and unequivocal demonstration of reliability, efficiency and safety of use by independent researchers, and subjected to public scrutiny. Regards and best wishes to my fingers crossed. Loris Ferrari Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Department of Physics, University of Bologna.
