Credit: The New Indian Express

Credit: The New Indian Express

The February 25 issue of Current Science (Vol 108, No. 4.) contains a special section on Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR), which is, to say the least, remarkable. The preface terms the putting together of so many papers by scientists involved in the field as constituting a “major review”. It is remarkable as LENR is, as the preface to the special section terms it, “a silent revolution in nuclear science”. This column dealt with this phenomenon some two years ago. But on the 26th anniversary of the discovery of what was called “Cold Fusion”, it is worth dwelling on this development, especially since there is more recognition of it now. After Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons, two chemical scientists, told the world on March 23, 1989, that they had succeeded in producing a great amount of heat by passing electricity through palladium inserted in heavy water, at room temperature, without radioactive emission, two things happened. On one hand, the big guns, who were invested heavily on ‘hot’ […]

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