Cold Fusion – introduced in 1989 by Fleischmann and Pons as fusion of deuterium from heavy water on palladium. However, most scientists could not reproduce the effect. Scientists expected to measure  particles such as neutrons, gamma rays or tritium as evidence for nuclear fusion, but did not find any, or too little, therefore excluding the ocurrence of a nuclear reaction. Soon thereafter it was denounced as pathetic science. The US patent office rejected all patent application in the field, and most peer reviewed journals refused publications of cold fusion papers.

However, today 23 years later, the experimental evidence for excess heat associated with nuclear reactions initiated at low temperatures is robust. In this blog, we will report on the latest developments on a regular basis.