The following is a guest post submitted to E-Cat World by Hank Mills. I read a post here which cited seven warning signs of that a claim might be pseudoscientific outlined by Robert Park in a 2003 Chronicle of Higher Education article. Park, author of …
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Robert Duncan on Cold Fusion and the Scientific Method
Robert Duncan, vice chancellor for research at the University of Missouri, is one of the few American academics that I am aware of who has what I would consider an open mind regarding the subject of cold fusion. He rose to fame in cold fusion circles w…
How Big of a Story is Cold Fusion?
I usually like to look at what people are saying on the vortex-l mailing list, because I find there is a lot of interesting discussion of cold fusion-related topics there, and some smart and well informed posters contributing. I was particularly struck…
On Atomic Transmutations Below the Earth’s Surface
The following is a guest post submitted by Italian engineer Dr. Antonio Ruggeri Regarding the geological observations by Prof. Carpinteri, my interpretation of the phenomena, which he presents, is that we should not be talking about “fission” but a…
Taylor Wilson, Teenage Nuclear Physicist. [Somewhat O.T.]
Nevada teen Taylor Wilson is quite a remarkable young man who has grown up with a self-described obsession with radioactivity. At the age of fourteen he built a working fusion reactor in his parents’ garage, and now is working on building portabl…
Author Craig Shields on Cold Fusion
I came across this video which features an interview by George Alger of the web site 2GreenEnergy.com with Craig Shields, author of Renewable Energy : Facts and Fantasies and also editor of of the 2GreenEnergy. Shields devotes a chapter of his book to …
Piantelli Seeking Investments [Updated — Virgilio Clarifies]
Roy Virgilio, a person close to Francesco Piantelli, the Italian physicist at the University of Siena who has long been involved in nickel-hydrogen research has made a statement on the Italian site, www.energeticambiente.it. An edited Google translatio…
Leonardo Corp. the Electric Company?
Andrea Rossi has mentioned many times that his only goal for his E-Cat technology is to put working products into the marketplace, and that the only validation that counts is having customers satisfied with working products that save them money. One of…
ICCF-17 Shaping Up to be Notable Event
This year’s 17th International Conference on Cold Fusion (ICCF-17) in Daejeon, South Korea on August 12-17 is shaping up to be a high profile event with many of the prominent names in the LENR field scheduled to be presenting there. Some of the p…
Two New LENR Related Articles
I wanted to bring attention to two new articles that have just been published in connection with LENR. The first is a detailed scientific paper submitted to the Journal of Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (not yet published there) written by Dr. Edmund…
The Motivating Power of Hope for LENR
Hope is a powerful force in many peoples’ lives. I talk regularly with people who, like me, are not content to accept that the status quo is the way things have to be. Hope is a power that drives people to conceive and build many of the innovatio…
The Motivating Power of Hope for LENR
Hope is a powerful force in many peoples’ lives. I talk regularly with people who, like me, are not content to accept that the status quo is things have to be. Hope is a power that drives people to conceive and build many of the innovations and i…
More on Alberto Carpinteri’s LENR Theories
Thanks to E-Cat World reader Alain Samoun who submitted the following guest post concerning Alberto Carpinteri, whose theoretical position on LENR in the earth’s crust has stirred up opposition among some researchers in Italy who are asking the I…
Italian Researchers Call for Intervention in LENR Research Activity
‘According to Italian web site Webmasterpoint.com, a scholar claiming that nuclear reactions could be taking place beneath the surface of earth has attracted negative attention from many in the Italian scientific community. Alberto Carpinteri, pr…
NASA Answers Questions About LENR Research
Many people have been wondering about the level of NASA’s interest in LENR. Some are excited that they are looking into the subject, others are concerned that a government agency might be spending tax dollars on unproven science. Keith Cowing of …