Same Shinola, different day.
I didn’t buy the work of the Greek/Italian group that kept making promises but couldn’t deliver.
But this kind of work is the way science is done properly.
There are other angles to lenr work including but not limited to dense plasma fusion that imho are more promising.
But we’ll see.
Its notable that the number of players in the field has steadily expanded over the past 25 years. The amount of smoke has steadily increased. Even without seeing fire—that tells you something.