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Bubble Fusion Results Replicated

Posted by Hemos on from the the-elusive-fusion-tracking-continues dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Purdue University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the Russian Academy of Science (RAS) stating that they have replicated and extended previous experimental results that indicated the occurrence of nuclear fusion using a novel approach for plasma confinement. Interesting stuff, read about it here."

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  1. Bubble fantastic by pg133 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Previous slashdot articles
    Thursday January 20: Fusion Using Sonic Compression
    Monday April 19 2004: Bubble Fusion Results Replicated by 4 Institutions

  2. Re:Any Immediate Application? by Psion · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's a cool idea, but what would be the efficiency of that process? Earlier experiments used a 14MeV neutron beam to generate microscopic nucleation points which sonoluminescent fusion expanded and collapsed, releasing 2.5 MeV neutrons. I'm not ready to say "bubble fusion" can't be used to generate power, but I think it's important to consider it an area for pure research at the moment without any immediate application. This problably will not lead to fusion power plants, unfortunately.

    That doesn't, mean the subject should be ignored, just that folks shouldn't get their hopes up over this process. (Added for the benefit of clueless ACs who might have difficulty with reading and comprehension.)