Archives for March 2009

Twentieth Anniversary of the Announcement of Cold Fusion

Cold fusion was announced on March 23, 1980 at the University of Utah by Professors Fleischmann and Pons. A video of the press conferences is available at video.google.com:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5820042344911746802&ei=jqDHSaCcPI2YrQLTwLjXAg&q=fleischmann+pons+1989+press+conference&hl=en

Several articles about the history of cold fusion have been published recently. Here are two examples:

http://www.groundreport.com/Health_and_Science/The-ghost-of-free-energy

This one is notably negative and misinformed:

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2009/03/dayintech_0323

Meanwhile, cold fusion sessions are being held at this week’s American Chemical Society (ACS) meeting in Salt Lake City:

http://oasys2.confex.com/acs/237nm/techprogram/S29619.HTM

Here is a press release from the ACS about the cold fusion session:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-03/acs-fr031709.php