Hardly, the idea has kicked around for a very long time. Some people have recently tried to slap a new pseudo-scientific coat of paint on it, but the fact is that there has never been a particle of physical evidence turned up to support the idea. If there were "hosts of scientists willing to bring the supporting evidence to light", don't you think one of them would have gotten this evidence out there for someone to examine?
Oh, I forgot. They're all Waiting For Funding.
Where have you been living? Attempts at relating the information in peer-reviewed journals has been thus far censured. However, the Dam is breaking.