Team Confirms UCLA Tabletop Fusion

An anonymous reader writes "A team of New York physicists has confirmed that a tabletop contraption made at UCLA does in fact generate nuclear fusion at room temperatures, using pairs of crystals and a small tank of deuterium. But unlike less reliable reports back in the 1980s, there's no talk this time of producing endless supplies of power. Rather, the technology could lead to ultra-portable x-ray machines and even a wearable device that could provide safe, continuous cancer treatment."

Comments

Re:Well that settles it: Quod Erat Demonstrandum.

[Doc Ruby]

Why do you think they called it "the Manhattan Project"?

New York City's national pastime is being right, second only to telling people they're wrong.

Re:Manhattan Project

[hackwrench]

Yes and my sister died in Jamaca, New York under very strange circumstances the year before the WTC. "Natural Causes" my foot, so excuse me from being a bit leery of claims of New York's proficiency. Couldn't even keep two commercial planes from slamming into a tall building and they expect me to think they're proficient? Please!