Table Top Fusion Courtesy of Tiny Bubbles

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

Comments

Nobody better tell Osama ...

[crovira]

that he and the other fascists, uh, "Sons of Bitch, uh, Allah," can have a thermonuclear bomb on a table top.

He'll just go ape-shit (like he isn't already?)

Imagine what they'll do with this on the West Bank..

"Too much God. Too few brain cells."

Re:Nobody better tell Osama ...

[danox]

I would not normaly bother with this, butI can't believe someone modded up your comment.

Did you read the article? It is about the possibility of causing a fusion reaction in a bubble that becomes extreemly hot. The high temperature is localised only to the space within the bubble. There is no explosion, just a tiny flash of light in beaker. This may concern you if you happen to be a deuterium atom. Or if you are in the habit of sticking your hand into beakers during experiments, but I do not think we have much to fear in terms of bombs.

So what the hell are you talking about? I didn't see the words, "table-top thermoneuclear bomb" anywhere in the article. Do you even know the difference between fusion and fision? I think your quote should instead be "Too much ignorant/racist indoctrination, too little brain cells"