The Pied Piper of Bologna: Andrea Rossi
Nov. 2, 2016 – By Steven B. Krivit –
A six-year retrospective of the Andrea Rossi E-Cat Con
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Nov 022016
Nov. 2, 2016 – By Steven B. Krivit –
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Oct 282016
Oct. 28, 2016 – By Steven B. Krivit –
The Chilean government and Ministry of Mining are interested in LENR (low-energy nuclear reactions), according to a businessman who met with Chilean government representatives recently about the matter.
Roberto Sone, the president of Sciencenergy, a private company in Valparaíso, Chile, told New Energy Times yesterday about the meeting. Sone provided a Web link to a press release at the Ministry of Mining.
According to the press release, Sone, a mechanical engineer, and his associates at Federico Santa Maria University, spoke at a hearing on Oct. 17 at the Ministry of Mining. There, they met with Jimena Jara, the Chilean undersecretary of energy, and presented a proposal for LENR research. Continue reading »
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Tesla Model S on Fire
Oct. 13, 2016 – By Steven B. Krivit –
On Tuesday, the New York Times reported that Samsung has no idea why the lithium-ion batteries in its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones continue to intermittently burst into flames and spontaneously explode. Low-energy nuclear reaction (LENR) theorist Lewis Larsen, in Chicago, told New Energy Times that LENRs may be one of several factors that can be triggering these fires.
A LENR event inside a battery could create a microscopic ball of ionized plasma at 4,000-6,000 degrees Celsius, which is hot enough to ignite any materials in the battery. Continue reading »
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Stanislaw Szpak
Oct. 13, 2016 – By Steven B. Krivit –
Electrochemist and low-energy nuclear reaction (LENR) researcher Stanislaw Szpak, 95, died yesterday, according to his colleague Frank Gordon. Szpak and Gordon were part of a small LENR team at the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) in San Diego, California.
The initial core SPAWAR LENR group consisted of Szpak (b. 1920), Pamela Mosier-Boss (b. 1957), and Jerry Smith (b. 1939), a chemist who worked for the Department of Energy (DOE). In the first two decades of the field, the SPAWAR group was the only U.S. government group to consistently publish the LENR research in the open, peer-reviewed literature. A primary reason for the continuation of the SPAWAR LENR work and the publication of the group’s results was the support of Frank Gordon (b. 1944), who, in 1989, was the head of the Department of Anti-Submarine Warfare at the San Diego laboratory, later renamed SPAWAR. Continue reading »
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Sep 272016
WALTER B. JONES
Sept. 27, 2016 – By Steven B. Krivit –
On May 11, 2016, New Energy Times reported that, on May 4, the U.S. House Committee on Armed Services directed the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing on low-energy nuclear reactions (LENRs). The briefing was to occur by Sept. 22. Several news outlets, including New Scientist and the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., have incorrectly reported facts about this briefing.
New Energy Times spoke with Nick Mikula, the press secretary for the committee today. Mikula confirmed that the LENR briefing is not part of the “Department of Defense Laboratories: Innovation Through Science and Engineering in Support of Military Operations” hearing, scheduled for tomorrow.
Mikula does not know when the LENR briefing will take place; however, he emphasized important distinctions between briefings and hearings. Briefings are informal and are not open to the public. Hearings involve significant advance preparation and are open to the public. Mikula also told New Energy Times that the briefing was unlikely to result in any public document or announcement.
The LENR directive was sponsored by North Carolina Republican congressman Walter B. Jones. New Energy Times spoke today with Allison Tucker, the communications director for Jones’ office. Tucker did not know when the briefing would take place or who would provide it.
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