Cold Fusion Scientist Exonerated

Icarus1919 writes "New Scientist reports that the scientist who discovered a possible cold fusion reaction by bombarding a solvent with neutrons and sonic waves has recently been exonerated of accusations of scientific misconduct following the verification of his results by another scientist."

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[Brickwall]

Yay! I'm gonna get a Mr. Fusion!

Re:Moo

[SEWilco]

It said that a solution was bombarded with neutrons and sonic waves, not that the scientist was.

Re:"accusser" was once on his staff

[Anonymous Coward]

The person accusing Taleyarkhan of misinterpreting data was one of his own post-docs. I wonder what that person has to say now?

PLEASE DON'T FIRE ME!!!!

The Saint II

[molecularaz]

Quick Lets get Val Kilmer to reprise his role as "The Saint". In " The Saint II: Electric Bugaloo- The real cold fusion"

Re:Odd.

[Waffle Iron]

Your definition of cold fusion is fusion happing at relatively low temperatures I take it?

Well, the problem with that is that it most likely cannot exist, a certain amount of kinetic energy is required at the atomic level for fusion

It's easy to fuse hydrogen at room temperature, as long as you first replace the electrons in the atoms with muons. (Obtaining the muons is an exercise left to the reader.)

Re:Odd.

[jimstapleton]

cows?

Re:Article is confusing!

[Adelbert]

Yeah!

Who could have imagined that you'd need a techy background to understand articles posted on Slashdot?

What's next? A puerile sense of humor on Fark.com? And interest in current affairs for the BBC?

Pressure and Heat

[Profane MuthaFucka]

Most people seem to think that hydrogen atoms can only get together under extreme pressures and heat. The ones that disagree seem to think that some tricky apparatus is required to get two hydrogen atoms to unite. I want to know: has anybody tried just asking them if they wouldn't mind merging their nuclei? It might just work.

Re:Moo

[Chacham]

No no... exonerated, not exhumed.

Ah, and here i thought exxonerated mean having a bunch of oil spilled on you.

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Good

[JustNiz]

he ought to publicise the names and email addresses of his accusers.

Re:Article is confusing!

[PFI_Optix]

Because that takes effort, and this is Slashdot?

Re:So...

[0100010001010011]

Good news everybody...

Re:Moo

[cyber-vandal]

Women do want sex every day - just not with me.

Re:Odd.

[ettlz]

They've been in short supply ever since the cow jumped over the moon, which radiates mo-ons. Meanwhile, experimentalists at the Tevatron are still offering a reward for information on The Dish, who is suspected to have absconded with their only spo-on.

Re:"accusser" was once on his staff

[bill_mcgonigle]

The person accusing Taleyarkhan of misinterpreting data was one of his own post-docs. I wonder what that person has to say now?

"Would you like fries with that?"

Re:Pressure and Heat

[surprise_audit]

has anybody tried just asking them if they wouldn't mind merging their nuclei?

Been there, done that. Unfortunately my sample of hydrogen seems to be contaminated with Administratium [wikipedia.org] so the hydrogen formed a number of subcommittees to research the proposal. The initial reports look favourable, but it could be several years before a conclusion is reached...