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Discover Magazine Finds Widom-Larsen LENR Theory

Oct 052012
 

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Oct. 6, 2012 – By Steven B. Krivit –

The latest issue of Discover magazine includes a two-page article by Mark Anderson that features the Widom-Larsen ultra-low-momentum neutron-catalyzed theory of low-energy nuclear reactions.

The title is “Bring Back the Cold Fusion Dream,” and the subtitle is “A new theory may explain the notorious cold fusion experiment from two decades ago, reigniting hopes of a clean-energy breakthrough.”

No other LENR theory is mentioned in the Discover article, although there are plenty. However, as Anderson wrote, none of the other theories has as much going for it as does the Widom-Larsen theory. Even Ephraim Fischbach, a Purdue University physicist, favored the Widom-Larsen theory over his Purdue colleague Yeong Kim’s “cold fusion” theory, according to Anderson.

“The Widom-Larsen theory is the best-formulated explanation of what’s going on,” Fischbach said. Continue reading »

EPRI-Ahern Report: LENR Is 45 Times More Energetic Than Diesel

Sep 272012
 

Sept. 27, 2012 – By Steven B. Krivit –

[This is the fourth of a four-part series. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here.]

This article reports on low-energy nuclear reaction research performed by Brian Ahern, an independent researcher from Boxborough, Mass. Ahern has been researching LENRs for the past four years. He has worked on the nanomaterial and hydrogen-isotope-gas-absorption LENR method. His LENR research was partially sponsored by the Electric Power Research Institute, an independent research company that provides technology, policy and economic analyses to the companies that produce 90 percent of the electricity generated and delivered in the United States.

Ahern’s intention was to replicate the nanomaterial and hydrogen-isotope-gas-absorption experiment developed by professors Yoshiaki Arata and Yue-Chang Zhang at Osaka University beginning in 2005. (See New Energy Times story here.)

Since then, other groups, mostly in Japan, attempted replications of the Arata/Zhang work. These included a Technova-sponsored group at Kobe University, as well as a group at the Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories in Nagakute, Aichi, Japan. (See the second and third articles in this four-part series.)

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Toyota’s and Kobe University’s Progress in LENR

Sep 262012
 

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Sept. 26, 2012 – By Steven B. Krivit –

[This is the third of a four-part series. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here.]

This article continues the story of the development of low-energy nuclear reaction nanomaterial research in Japan. After researchers at Kobe University reported their work on the nanomaterial and hydrogen-isotope-gas absorption method of LENRs in 2009, researchers at the Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories attempted a replication within a year.

Researchers from Toyota first reported low-energy nuclear reaction research in 2007. In July that year, Tatsumi Hioki, N. Takahashi and Motohiro Tomoyoshi reported that they had attempted to replicate the deuterium gas permeation method developed by Yasuhiro Iwamura at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. In 2010, the Toyota team first reported its attempts to replicate Arata/Zhang’s work at Osaka. Continue reading »

Development Path of LENR Nanomaterial Research in Japan

Sep 252012
 

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Sept. 25, 2012 – By Steven B. Krivit –

[This is the second of a four-part series. Part 1 is here.]

This article reviews highlights of low-energy nuclear reaction research that uses the nanomaterial and hydrogen-isotope-gas absorption method. Most of the work originated in several Japanese universities. In the last few years, this research has also been sponsored by Technova, a Toyota subsidiary. Researchers at the Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories in Nagakute, Aichi, Japan, have also begun experiments in this LENR method.

Aspects of this story trace back to at least 1926, when Fritz Paneth and Kurt Peters, of the University of Berlin, used finely divided palladium, also called palladium-black, in their room-temperature hydrogen-palladium experiments. Their claim and their subsequent self-doubt resulted in controversy, but their work represents an important marker in the history of low-energy nuclear reaction research.[1] Continue reading »

EPRI and Toyota Resume Support for LENR Research

Sep 232012
 

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Sept. 24, 2012 – By Steven B. Krivit –

[This is the first of a four-part series.]

After a decade-long absence from low-energy nuclear reaction research, the Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto, Calif., has sponsored work in the field. Recent LENR work by researchers at Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories in Nagakute, Aichi, Japan, shows that Toyota also is seriously interested in the field. Another Toyota subsidiary, Technova, has sponsored recent LENR research in Japan.

EPRI is an independent research company that provides technology, policy and economic analyses to its members. EPRI’s corporate members include companies that produce 90 percent of the electricity generated and delivered in the United States; EPRI also has members in 40 countries. Continue reading »

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