If electrons have 3 orders of magnitude more effective mass when they are within a matrix, then they can affect protons. Science is closing in on how the Coulomb barrier is overcome in LENR.
Funny how the article doesn't mention the Coulomb barrier, LENR, cold fusion, or fusion. You'd think they'd want to cover all bases for their Nobel prize.
Then, to put a coda to the whole issue ""It is remarkable to watch electrons moving in a crystal evolve into more massive particles as we cool them down," said Ali Yazdani, a professor of physics at Princeton and head of the team that conducted the study."
EVOLVE INTO MORE MASSIVE PARTICLES?
This guy is the head of the team and he says INTO MORE MASSIVE PARTICLES
He didn't say they were pretending to be more massive, but that they were, in fact, more massive!
This has to do do with quantum physics and the behavior of electrons in a crystal lattice.
Bet you thought it was about breaded chicken bits in a bed of lettuce.