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Fusion In Sonoluminescence (Again)?

srhuston writes "According to a story at the NY Times (first born child req'd, yadda yadda), 'Scientists are again claiming they have made a Sun in a jar, offering perhaps a revolutionary energy source, and this time even some skeptics find the evidence intriguing enough to call for a closer look.' This has been covered here before (First, second, third) but it looks like they claim that the latest round of experiments, using better detectors, 'offer more convincing data that the phenomenon is real'." The scientists involved come from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the Russian Academy of Science; here's their press release.

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  1. Re:Energy by br0ck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They're close, all Keanu has to do now is find the right harmonic frequencies and then, provided he can stay clear of the big industry thugs, hurrah, cheap power for all!

  2. Re:Important to note... by zeux · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    No, not the same principle, cold fusion means fusion reactions *without* the need for a very high temperature.

    Here we clearly have very high temperatures. Enough to create hot fusion reactions, the same we can produce in tokamaks and H bombs.

  3. Re:Weekly Schedule by JamesP · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You forgot

    Saturday: ???
    Sunday: Profit!!!

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    how long until /. fixes commenting on Chrome?
  4. Classic Karma-whoring example: by ivan256 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Going back to a previous story about the same subject and copying an +5 comment.