New theory may explain the notorious cold fusion experiment from two decades ago

Re:New theory may explain the notorious cold fusion experime... by Jabbles on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @02:46PM (#4689645)

Surely Lithium decay would produce radiation at a very specific frequency that could be detected?

And wouldn't putting a sample of the water (post-experiment) through a mass-spectrometer immediately reveal the presence of Beryllium?

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Re:New theory may explain the notorious cold fusion experime... by th0ma5 on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @03:19PM (#4689870)

When I spent my entire Christmas vacation absorbing LENR a couple of years ago, it was just that... slight traces of reaction byproducts, and a few traces of pits in neutron detection gel, so, yes? The problem at the time was why so little of such things if it is fusion, but now we have this theory.

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Re:New theory may explain the notorious cold fusion experime... by tocomment on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @02:55PM (#4689706)

You should write to the researchers.

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Re:New theory may explain the notorious cold fusion experime... by raverbashing on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @03:24PM (#4689906)

I suspect that Lithium decay radiation would be difficult to measure due to the water surrounding the experiment.

But this is certainly a very interesting theory.

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