March 3, 2004

Desktop Fusion again?

From the NY Times comes an article on Desktop Fusion and outlines work being done by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Their approach is based on Sonoluminescence - using ultrasound to cause cavitation in liquids and when the cavitation bubbles collapse, the temperatures inside the small spaces get very high. The team did a paper two years ago that caught some attention and some flack for the technique. This latest paper address a lot of that. The press release from RPI is here They got Neutrons and Tritium... More on Sonoluminescence can be found here and here This is not 'cold fusion' - this stuff is actually very cool! Posted by DaveH at March 3, 2004 12:46 PM