[SteveMcKing]

Have they proposed a mechanism, or is it just an observation?


A solution of uranium, benzene, and acetone..... Fun. No eating in that laboratory!

[skinkinthegrass]

Sci Ping

[July 4th]

Keanu Reeves did this a few years back.

[WideGlide]

These results are in keeping with what would be predicted by the “inverse square law,” which provides further evidence that fusion neutrons were in fact produced inside the device, according to the researchers.

Well....that changes everything. NOW I understand. ;^)

[Psycho_Bunny]

This is the coolest thing I've ever not understood.

[SuziQ]

Did you see this one?

[M203M4]

The title of the paper is Nuclear Emissions During Self-Nucleated Acoustic Cavitation, and can be found at the American Physical Society website - abstract available here.

This is an extension of the group's previous research, for example see Science Magazine, 2002. An outline of the research that is fairly accessible is at the Wiki Bubble Fusion page.

[martin_fierro]

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Psycoliteralactic Protophlagilism !

[mhx]

Source: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Ah more of those crazy people at my alma mater.

If anyone could make this really work, I believe they could.

[A.Hun]

sonofusion ping

[AmericaUnited]

the researchers caused bubbles in the mixture to expand and then violently collapse.

Hmmm... Cars powered by champagne... :)

[bert]

.....has used sound waves to induce nuclear fusion without the need for an external neutron source, .....

Sonofusion? Those of us here know of it a a zzzzot.

[Prince Charles]

Desktop fusion is at hand! Now, where's my lead suit?

[Paul C. Jesup]

A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University, and the Russian Academy of Sciences has used sound waves to induce nuclear fusion without the need for an external neutron source, according to a paper in the Jan. 27 issue of Physical Review Letters.

So the movie "Chain Reaction" is part science fact. Cool.

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