The clues are coming out on a weekly basis. this today on PhysOrg.com: http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-atomic-core-shaken.html
"When struck just right, protons and neutrons ring. The sub-atomic particles don't jingle like when a hammer hits a bell. But they do jiggle in an odd dance where the protons move in one direction and the neutrons move the other way." ".they have gotten the best look yet at a nucleus as it starts its complex, resonant dance." Not only are we dealing with oscillations and resonances, but there is also a kind of tension involved; perhaps due to the stresses that atomic bonds impose on the lattice. Find the harmonic, and anharmonic, relationships between the various elements that make up electrons, protons, neutrons, and you will have the answer of how to get nuclear reactions to occur using surprisingly little energy. No more brute force required; and, engineered so as the energy released is channeled into the desired form, electric current or heat. What's coming will make the transistor age look small. I think this is also relevant to Jones' comment: ". the migratory copper itself appears to be the "secret" catalyst, but only after it alloys with the nickel to form this super catalytic alloy - which almost splits the hydrogen molecule on contact. Unbelievable!" -Mark
