[count-your-change]

Paper issued, meetings held, conferences and “in depth discussions”, all are considered great progress but still nothing of use even on the most distant horizon.
And like the used car salesman, Rossi, without any cars to sell well hear of some great breakthrough consisting of nothing at all.

As a matter of research for its own sake, cold fusion passes the test, anything beyond that is obsessive hope.

And it's chickens that roost, not ducks.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Paper issued, meetings held, conferences and “in depth discussions”, all are considered great progress but still nothing of use even on the most distant horizon."

"Something of use" is irrelevant to scientific validity. But nice try at moving the goal posts.

"And it's chickens that roost, not ducks."

As a farm boy who has raised both, I can guarantee you that ducks do indeed "roost", as do geese, guinea fowl, etc.

[muawiyah]

No use? This report says the Japanese can now convert tungsten to platinum, a major catalyst, and a more common rare earth into a less common one that's needed to manufacture modern magnets.

Those two items are, to say the least, EARTH SHATTERING~!

Then there's that calcium swap up to aluminum ~ I think they threw that one in there for college students to try out in laboratories all over the world.

Then they didn't tell you about the really good stuff that's going to give us super batteries.

[PapaBear3625]

As a matter of research for its own sake, cold fusion passes the test, anything beyond that is obsessive hope.

One ray of hope is that Yasuhiro Iwamura actually has credentials, publications, citations, and backing. He's a research scientist for Mitsubishi, which has published his LENR research in their technical journal.

Given the importance of "face" in Japanese culture, I don't think Mitsubishi would allow a complete flake on their staff and publishing under their name.