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Table Top Fusion Courtesy of Tiny Bubbles

Posted by chrisd on from the don-ho-was-right-all-along dept.

Erik Baard writes: "The peer-reviewed journal Science is carrying a cover story about the possibility of table top fusion. Not cold fusion, mind you, but the apparatus might look that way to some. Oak Ridge and other labs say they have gotten the fingerprints of fusion (neutron production) from collapsing bubbles in liquid, a process that heats a local area to temperatures as hot as the surface of the sun, and releases photons. The disputes are already here -- notably from Dr. Robert Park of the American Physical Society and from critical reviewers who say they haven't repeated the neutron production. But the authors say the critics didn't calibrate their equipment correctly. Articles regarding the discovery can be found on Eureka Alert " CD: Looks legit, but Pons and Fleishman (and the University of Utah for that matter) talked a good game. I suppose I'll belive in tabletop fusion when a generator comes atached to my next laptop. The author of this post also has a longer article up at the Village Voice

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  5. good old editors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    2002-03-05 00:48:46 Room Temperature Fusion (science,science) (rejected)

    At least I got beat out by someone who's a Real Journalist(TM)

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  7. I'll belive in tabletop fusion when... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I suppose I'll belive in tabletop fusion when a generator comes atached to my next laptop.
    And I guess I'll believe in advertising-based revenue models when I stop getting petitioned for hand-outs by Slashdot...
  8. sigh by benh57 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Guess the first mod didn't believe it when I subitted this almost 2 days ago. :)

    2002-03-03 11:01:28 Cold Fusion Announced (science,news) (rejected)

  9. hi klerck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hi kevin! i have not talked to you lately so i thought i would. how are you doing? please reply. i am lonely and would like someone to talk to. thanks in advance

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    Microsoft just announced a new, smaller XBOX controller for US release. It's very similar to the Japanese controller.

  11. kinda OT: Mirrors... by LiENUS · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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