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Scientists have been chasing the dream of harnessing the reactions that power the Sun since the dawn of the atomic era. Interest, and investment, in the carbon-free energy source is heating up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For the better part of a century now, astronomers and physicists have known that a process called thermonuclear fusion has kept the Sun and the stars shining for millions or even billions of years. And ever since that discovery, they’ve dreamed of bringing that energy source down to Earth and using it to power the modern world. It’s a dream that’s only become more compelling today, in...

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry Most Downloaded Articles The most downloaded articles from Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry in the last 9 months. Preliminary survey on cold fusion: It’s not pathological science and may require revision of nuclear theory Luciano Ondir Freire, Delvonei Alves de Andrade Open Access December 2021 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1572665721008973 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2021.115871 rights and content Under a Creative Commons license ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Highlights • After three decades, “cold fusion” field is alive with thousands of publications technologies. • Nuclear reactions in solids are more complex than simple fusion. • They also seem to need energy triggers like background radiation. • The field does...

Thermonuclear Fusion in a Sheared-Flow Z-Pinch: Advancing Another Viable Pathway to Fusion Energy TOPICS:DOEFusion EnergyLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryNational Ignition FacilityPlasma Physics By LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY MARCH 9, 2022 Plasma Energy Fusion Concept In findings that could help advance another “viable pathway” to fusion energy, research led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) physicists has proven the existence of neutrons produced through thermonuclear reactions from a sheared-flow stabilized Z-pinch device. The researchers used advanced computer modeling techniques and diagnostic measurement devices honed at the Lab to solve a decades-old problem of distinguishing neutrons produced by thermonuclear reactions from ones produced...

Description of Pd/D Co-deposition Experiment P.A. Mosier-Boss, L.P. Forsley “Review of Pd/D co-deposition,” in Cold Fusion: Advances in Condensed Matter Nuclear Science, ed. J.-P. Biberian, Elsevier Science Publishing Co. Inc., United States. And references therein Start off with a solution of PdCl2 and LiCl in D2O As current is applied, Pd is deposited on the cathode in the presence of evolving deuterium gas. The resulting deposit exhibits a highly expanded surface consisting of small spherical nodules (built in vacancies). Cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic pulsing experiments indicate that, by using the co-deposition technique, a high degree of deuterium loading (with an...

NASA’S NEW SHORTCUT TO FUSION POWER Lattice confinement fusion eliminates massive magnets and powerful lasers PHYSICISTS FIRST SUSPECTED more than a century ago that the fusing of hydrogen into helium powers the sun. It took researchers many years to unravel the secrets by which lighter elements are smashed together into heavier ones inside stars, releasing energy in the process. And scientists and engineers have continued to study the sun’s fusion process in hopes of one day using nuclear fusion to generate heat or electricity. But the prospect of meeting our energy needs this way remains elusive. The extraction of energy...

Condensed Matter Nuclear Reactions in Nano-Materials ARPA-E Workshop on Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions October 21-22, 2021 With additional backup slides that weren’t presented at the Workshop. Workshop presenters with additional details are in “[…]”. Lawrence P. Forsley CTO, GEC Deputy PI, NASA Lattice Confinement Fusion Project Research Fellow, University of Texas, Austin, Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory lawrence.p.forsley@nasa.gov Co-PI, Naval Surface Warfare Centers --------------------------------------------------------- Have We Found the Keys to the Kingdom? • Pd used as a hydrogen gas separator/purifier. [Benyo] • Has a unique electronic structure: 4d10 <> 4d95s1 : paramagnetic and ferromagnetic states • Pd will load H/D, e.g. PdDx...

Physicists in Japan have shown that "entirely end-bonded" multi-walled carbon nanotubes can superconduct at temperatures as high as 12 K, which is 30 times greater than for single-walled carbon nanotubes. The discovery has been made by a team led by Junji Haruyama of Aoyama Gakuin University in Kanagawa. The superconducting nanotubes could be used to study fundamental 1D quantum effects and also find practical applications in molecular quantum computing (Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 057001). Superconductivity is the complete absence of electrical resistance and is observed in certain materials when they are cooled below a superconducting transition temperature (Tc). Physicists agree...

J. Condensed Matter Nucl. Sci. 19 (2016) 173–182 Research Article LENR Anomalies in Pd–H2 Systems Submitted to Laser Stimulation Ubaldo Mastromatteo A.R.G.A.L. Via S. Stefano, 27 – 20010 Bareggio (MI), Italy Abstract In a continuation of the research started in the late 1990s at the University of Lecce, and then repeated in 2004, recently in the second half of 2014 in the A.R.G.A.L. lab., it was decided to thoroughly investigate the LENR anomalies of Pd–H2 system (in gaseous environment), having as reference the preparation techniques and surface analysis used in the microelectronics industry, to demonstrate convincingly that material contamination...

ARPA-E LENR Workshop October 21, 2021 Toward a LENR Reference Experiment Florian Metzler, PhD Research Scientist, MIT fmetzler@mit.edu Some of the slides he used during this presentation. They have very intriguing diagrams of the lattice structure and the nuclear reactions within the lattice, explaining various nuclear products and even the ABSENCE of certain nuclear products. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common denominator at the nano level Metal‐hydrogen lattice with some form of dynamical stimulation (energy in) Based on Kirchheim, R., & Pundt, A. (2014). 25—Hydrogen in Metals. In D. E. Laughlin & K. Hono (Eds.), Physical Metallurgy (Fifth Edition) (pp. 2597–2705). Elsevier. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common...

Experimental Status of LENR David J. Nagel George Washington University NUCAT Energy LLC LENRIA Corporation ARPA-E Workshop on Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions 21-22 October 2021 Goals & Outline of this Presentation: Provide background on LENR Experiments Give a few examples of promising approaches to repeatable LENR experiments that could be understandable and acceptable to the broader scientific community Provide a brief summary of the entire LENR field. Fundamental Considerations for any LENR Experiments: What was done? Equipment, Materials and Protocols What was found in the original & subsequent experiments ? Experimental Approaches to LENR: The Reactants, How to Join Them...

Inside JET's torus, with superimposed plasma. (UKAEA) Late last century, the Joint European Torus (JET) near Oxford, UK, churned out 22 megajoules of energy in what was, at the time, a record in fusion power. Now, experimental upgrades have brought the facility into line with the technology anticipated for a major international project, resulting in the production of nearly three times that amount of power. The advances are a major step forward for tokamak-based fusion, bringing us ever closer to a balance point where we can harvest a near endless stream of energy without the cost of polluting emissions or...

Summary of LENR research in Japan Shinya Narita Iwate University Chief-in-directors, Japan CF Research Society ARPA-E, Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions Workshop October 21, 2021 LENR experiments in Japan in the early days (~2000) Various types of experiments had been conducted since just after the F-P announcements. Representative experiments in 90s Electrolysis F-P type Excess heat, Neutron emission, Nuclear products Takahashi et al. Proc. of ICCF2 (1992) Mizuno, Ohmori et al. DENKI KAGAKU (1996) 1160. Ohmori et al. Current Topics in Electrochemistry, 5 (1997) 27. Double structure cathode Excess heat, Helium production Arata et al. Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 38 (1999) L774....

Lattice Confinement Fusion Gas Cycling Experiments ARPA-E Workshop on Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions October 21–22, 2021 Theresa L. Benyo, PhD Principal Investigator, Lattice Confinement Fusion Project Analytical Physicist NASA Glenn Research Center ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J-M Gas Cycling Experiments: Description High flux of D through Pd/Ag hydride system: • Test Article: Johnson-Matthey (JM) hydrogen purifier • Hydrogen purification accomplished by gas diffusion across Pd/Ag Tube • Inspired by electrolytic wet cell experiments and LENR claims, G. Fralick (1989) used JM purifier to load Pd with D2 since it’s easier than loading D2 during a wet cell experiment; looked for neutrons and heat...

ARPA-E, Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions Workshop October 21, 2021 CONCLUSIONS • Eng. Carl Page, President of Antropocene Institute-USA and Chairman of ICCF24 (lenrdiscovery.com), announced that he will give a 2-3 M$(USA) PRIZE to simple/reproducible LENR experiment. • The name of the prize is: SOLID STATE FUSION PRIZE • The ICCF24 will be held at the Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA (USA) on July 25-28, 2022. URL: www.iccf24.org Selected slides among presentation by Larry Forsley (NASA) Presentation of selected slides by kind permission of Prof. Lawrence P.G. Forsley. Conclusion • The ARPA-E Workshop was, among others, a paradigm-shift about one of...

Greenyer - Coherent Matter Travelling Wave Beams And their possible role in making ‘Strange Radiation’ tracks Bob W. Greenyer B. Eng. (Hons.) Director – Martin Fleischmann Memorial Project m.fleischmann.memorial@gmail.com In collaboration with experimentalists in Europe and North America, a series of repeatable observations, video recorded in some cases from multiple angles, appear to show beams that would account for all of the historical structures and behaviours that have been seen indelibly marked onto witness materials in LENR reactors since at least 1992, when they were first noted (not named) in Mikhail Solin’s awarded coherent matter based nuclear reactor patent....

A visualization of the zero-energy electronic states – also known as a ‘Fermi surface’ – from the kagome material studied by MIT’s Riccardo Comin and colleagues. Credit: Comin Laboratory, MIT ************************************************************************** Work will aid design of other unusual quantum materials with many potential applications. MIT physicists and colleagues have discovered the “secret sauce” behind some of the exotic properties of a new quantum material that has transfixed physicists due to those properties, which include superconductivity. Although theorists had predicted the reason for the unusual properties of the material, known as a kagome metal, this is the first time that the...

Carpinteri - Correlation between nano-mechanical instabilities THz phonons, and sub-atomic particle emissions: Implications for geochemistry and electrolysis Alberto Carpinteri1, 2 , Oscar Borla1 1 Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy 2Shantou University, Shantou, China ABSTRACT TeraHertz phonons are produced in solids and fluids by mechanical instabilities at the nano-scale (fracture and cavitation). They present a frequency that is close to the resonance frequency of the atomic lattices and an energy that is close to that of thermal neutrons. A series of fracture experiments on natural rocks and the systematic monitoring of seismic events have demonstrated that TeraHertz phonons are able...

Celani - First results on wave form and frequency dependence of AHE stimulations of coaxially-coiled constantan wires, under H2 gas, by High Power-Voltage pulses at High Temperatures. #Francesco Celani1,2,4, C. Lorenzetti1 , G. Vassallo1,2,3,4, E. Purchi1 , S. Fiorilla1 , S. Cupellini1 , M. Nakamura1 , P. Cerreoni1 , R. Burri1 , P. Boccanera1 , A. Spallone1,2,4, E. F. Marano1 . (1) ISCMNS_L1, Intern. Soc. of Condensed Matter Nucl. Science_Via Cavour 26, 03013 Ferentino (FR)-Italy; (2) EU Project H2020: CleanHME-European Union, grant #951974; (3) DIDI, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo (PA)-Italy; (4) Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Via E....

Branching Ratios for LENR David J. Nagel Branching ratios for nuclear reactions are significant for understanding their physics. They might also be practically useful. The relatively simple deuteron-deuteron fusion reaction has been heavily studied both before and after the 1989 beginning of the global study of LENR. The branching ratios for that reaction are very different for the high-energy (hot) fusion and low-energy (LENR) versions of deuteron fusion. The former are well known, but the latter are little known, even after one-third of a century of attention. This paper reviews the status of the study of branching ratios for...

Nano-hetero structures for... direct nuclear energy conversion into electricity Found here: https://www.lenr-forum.com/forum/thread/6508-frank-gordon-s-lattice-energy-converter-lec-replicators-workshop/?postID=168911#post168911 Liviu Popa Simil proposed LENR Electric many many years ago. The same year GEC was in Guam. "Liviu Popa Simil – LENR – Nuclear Battery Roadmap" 27Jan2014 Cold Fusion Now -gbgoble This fellow proves to be quite bright… Liviu Popa Simil – LENR – Nuclear Battery Roadmap – COLD FUSION NOW! “Nano-structured Nuclear Radiation Shielding” In July, 2012 he presented the following paper and slide show at the LENR International Conference: “Roadmap to Fusion Battery – A Novel Type of Nuclear Battery and Potential Outcomes and Applications” Also...