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The US army are the champions of hypocrisy.........ahaha

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Revisiting cold fusion possibilities for clean energy

U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center

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Revisiting cold fusion possibilities for clean energy

HANOVER, N.H. – With global attention becoming increasingly focused on climate change, more and more scientific research is turning to advancements in clean energy. One researcher at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) has set his sights on cold fusion.

Cold fusion — or low-energy nuclear reaction (LENR) as it is referred to today — is a hypothesized type of nuclear reaction that occurs at, or near, room temperature. In 1989, two electrochemists, Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons, claimed they could produce nuclear fusion using their apparatus on a small tabletop. Their claims were tested, found to be unreliable and have mostly been dismissed for the last 30 years.

“Engineers talk about three main problems that we strive to solve: communication, transportation and energy,” said Dr. Benjamin Barrowes, a research electrical engineer at ERDC-CRREL in Hanover, New Hampshire. “Of those three, we continuously make incremental improvements, but energy is a big problem these days. Generating and using energy with the current inefficiencies has led to greenhouse gases, climate change and even wars. It’s a big issue, so if we had a new energy source, it would be a huge benefit to everybody.”

With the current climate crisis, interest in LENR has grown.

“LENR hopes to show that there are nuclear effects under near ambient circumstances,” said Barrowes. “If we can do that, if we can show that there is any nuclear effect going on, and document it and have it repeatable then scientists around the world would believe that there’s something happening. Then they could get involved to help figure out why it’s happening, how it’s happening and then hopefully exploit it for a new energy source.”

Barrowes is new to the LENR community and has only been exploring the process for the last few years.

“I’m only able to do this because of Department of Defense Funding Laboratory Enhancements Across Four Categories, or FLEX-4 funding,” he said. “ERDC has invested in cold fusion in fiscal years 2022-2024. We’re halfway through at this moment, and that has allowed me to do some preliminary research to get myself in the game.”

For his research, Barrowes often works with the metal palladium and different types of lasers.

“Palladium has a very special property in that it absorbs a lot of hydrogen or deuterium, which is hydrogen with an extra neutron,” he said. “When palladium absorbs this hydrogen, it’s theorized that under the right conditions, those hydrogen or deuterium atoms get close enough to fuse — that’s our cold fusion.”

After a recent experiment, Barrowes discovered two very interesting features when examining the palladium.

“There is a triangular patch of silicon located in the general area of where we positioned the red laser,” he said. “It’s about a 1-millimeter square area of silicon, and it’s thick in terms of these things — like 50 microns thick — and it’s ridged and brittle. I don’t know how it got there, but if I can show that it’s from a nuclear process, that would be big news.”

Barrowes plans to analyze the silicon to see if it is natural or made in a nuclear process.

“There is another area where we used a blue laser and that also has silicon,” he said. It’s not very much — only approximately 1 micron thick — but that is about the size of the blue laser, and it’s located in the spot where it was positioned. It’s fascinating. It could be contamination, or it could be nothing.”

With renewed interest in LENR, more opportunities for research are becoming available. Last year the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy, or ARPA-E, announced a $10 million award to revisit cold fusion. ARPA-E is a U.S. government agency tasked with promoting and funding research and development of advanced energy technologies.

“This is big news in our community,” said Barrowes. “An agency’s finally funding this again, and the potential payoff could be huge. I’m collaborating on two of the research awards. It’s exciting.”

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Engineers Create an 'Impossible' Light Sensor With an Efficiency of 200%

Scientists have produced a sensor that converts light into an electrical signal at an astonishing 200 percent efficiency – a seemingly impossible figure that…

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As fantastic as LENR. 200% quantum efficiency - what ever this means...

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Interactions between Hydrogen and Palladium Nanoparticles: Resolving Adsorption and Absorption Contributions

Nice interview with JP Biberian.

Biberian CleanHME Interview

Interesting to see this coming from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, and that Carl Page thinks it bears importance to LENR. I wonder what Holmlid has to say about this.

Thanks to Carl Page for spotting this via Apple News.

An observation of the tetraneutron. By Meytal Duer of the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany and associates.

https://www.sciencenews.org/ar…er-physics-nuclear-forces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraneutron

Perhaps instead of trying to see fragile things in an accelerator. How about trying in a LENR experiment?

I note mass increases in LENR experiments that add 4, as well as theories that depend on temporary loosely bound di-neutron pairs.
So this may be of interest in proving that such things aren't entirely fictional.
And at a lower energy state may be stable enough to do something useful.

Physicists may have finally spotted elusive clusters of four neutrons. If confirmed, ‘tetraneutrons’ could help scientists better understand nuclear forces

Four neutrons may form a short-lived agglomeration called a tetraneutron (illustrated).

By Emily Conover

JUNE 22, 2022 AT 11:00 AM

Physicists have found the strongest sign yet of a fabled four of a kind.

For six decades, researchers have hunted for clusters of four neutrons called tetraneutrons. But evidence for their existence has been shaky. Now, scientists say they have observed neutron clusters that appear to be tetraneutrons. The result strengthens the case that the fab four is more than a figment of physicists’ imaginations. But some scientists doubt that the claimed tetraneutrons are really what they seem.

Unlike an atomic nucleus, in which protons and neutrons are solidly bound together, the purported tetraneutrons seem to be quasi-bound, or resonant, states. That means that the clumps last only for fleeting instants — in this case, less than a billionth of a trillionth of a second, the researchers report in the June 23 Nature.

Tetraneutrons fascinate physicists because, if confirmed, the clusters would help scientists isolate and probe mysterious neutron-neutron forces and the inner workings of atomic nuclei. All atomic nuclei contain one or more protons, so scientists don’t have a complete understanding of the forces at play within groups composed only of neutrons.

Conclusively spotting the four-neutron assemblage would be a first. “Up to now, there was no real observation of … such a system that is composed only from neutrons,” says nuclear physicist Meytal Duer of the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany.

To create the neutron quartets, Duer and colleagues started with a beam of a radioactive, neutron-rich type of helium called helium-8, created at RIKEN in Wako, Japan. The team then slammed that beam into a target containing protons. When a helium-8 nucleus and proton collided, the proton knocked out a group of two protons and two neutrons, also known as an alpha particle. Because each initial helium-8 nucleus had two protons and six neutrons, that left four neutrons alone.

By measuring the momenta of the alpha particle and the ricocheting proton, the researchers determined the energy of the four neutrons. The measurement revealed a bump on a plot of the neutrons’ energy across multiple collisions — the signature of a resonance.

Particle smashup

Physicists collided a helium-8 nucleus with a target proton and measured the momenta of the ricocheting proton and an escaping alpha particle — a clump of two neutrons and two protons. Those measurements revealed signs that the four neutrons released in the smashup formed a long-sought cluster called a tetraneutron.

M. DUER ET AL/NATURE 2022

In the past, “there were indications, but it was never very clear” whether tetraneutrons existed, says nuclear physicist Marlène Assié of Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie in Orsay, France. In 2016, Assié and colleagues reported hints of only a few tetraneutrons (SN: 2/8/16). In the new study, the researchers report observing around 30 clusters. The bump on the new plot is much clearer, she says. “I have no doubts on this measurement.”

But theoretical calculations of what happens when four neutrons collide have raised skepticism as to whether a tetraneutron resonance can exist. If the forces between neutrons were strong enough to create a tetraneutron resonance, certain types of atomic nuclei should exist that are known not to, says theoretical nuclear physicist Natalia Timofeyuk of the University of Surrey in Guildford, England.

Because of that contradiction, she thinks that the researchers have not observed a true resonance, but another effect that is not yet understood. For example, she says, the bump could result from a “memory” that the neutrons retain of how they were arranged inside the helium-8 nucleus.

Other types of theoretical calculations are a closer match with the new results. “Indeed, theoretical results are very controversial, as they either predict a tetraneutron resonance in good agreement with the results presented in this paper, or they don’t predict any resonance at all,” says theoretical nuclear physicist Stefano Gandolfi of Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Further calculations will be needed to understand the results of the experiment.

New experiments could help too. Because detecting neutrons, which have no electric charge, is more difficult than detecting charged particles, the researchers didn’t directly observe the four neutrons. In future experiments, Duer and colleagues hope to spot the neutrons and better pin down the tetraneutrons’ properties.

Future work may reveal once and for all whether tetraneutrons are the real deal.

M. Duer et al. Observation of a correlated free four-neutron system. Nature. Vol. 606, June 23, 2022, p. 678. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04827-6.

Forum member Matt Lilley has branched out into online learning support- this is the beta version of his website.

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Interesting to see this coming from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, and that Carl Page thinks it bears importance to LENR. I wonder what Holmlid has to say about this.

Something I think many of us have long suspected, does this make us some kind of biomechanical quantum computers?
Machine learning and 3d modeling, especially in material design, will be epic!

Some Sad News from Bob Greenyer.

In memory of LION

Listen now (7 min) | A king in the New [Eternal] Fire Jungle, has departed this mortal realm

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Some Sad News from Bob Greenyer.

https://remoteview.substack.com/p/in-memory-of-lion#details

Yes it is. My condolences to him and his family. He was one of the first inspirations for me in learning and engineering things in this field.

I met Neil a couple of time, spoke to him just a couple of month ago. Big shame.

One of Bobs videos about Lion Reactor.

Mining Diamonds with Lion.

I see I got a credit for the photos. Good old Bob.

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2023 Call for Papers 41st Annual Conference of the Society for Scientific Exploration Bloomington, Indiana | July 23-26, 2023 Online Conference Encore | October 20-22, 2023 The 41st annual SSE Conference will take place in-person July 23 - 26, 2023, at the Indiana Memorial Union on the Indiana University-Bloomington main campus in Bloomington, Indiana. An Online Conference Encore will take place as a live Airmeet event from October 20-22, 2023. In this dual hybrid event, we will meet in-person in Bloomington, Indiana, in July and virtually at the Online Conference Encore in October. The Online Conference Encore will consist of talks video-recorded from the in-person event with live Q&A, as well as additional presentations. This call for papers pertains to both events. Conference Theme: Maverick Science In a recent paper, Durakiewicz (2022) notes that ‘maverick science’ involves dissent, collaborative effort, and transformative progress, as well as incremental work and paradigm breaking. Here at the SSE, we support and encourage the hallmarks of maverick science: exploratory research, original thinking, and research into unexplained phenomena. In this Call for Papers, we welcome submissions addressing a range of topics of interest to maverick scientists. This includes, but is not limited to, topics such as: • Anomalies and unexplained phenomena • The nature of consciousness • New physics, cosmology, and galactic cycles • Alternative energy, future technology • Energy healing, healing research, and Bio-energetics • Psi, mind-matter interactions, Remote Viewing • NDE, reincarnation, the persistence of consciousness beyond death • UAPs, UFOs, and other extraterrestrial phenomena • Divination, astrology, dowsing • Cryptozoology • Sociology and philosophy of science In addition to describing the results of your research, we encourage you to address the theoretical implications of your research in the larger field of anomalies research. How might they advance other scientific frontiers? We will have three presentation formats: • Long talks • Short talks • Poster presentations Presentation format will be assigned by the Program Committee based on the evaluation of abstracts for: • Scientific merit • Alignment with the goals of the SSE • Originality of the research • Impact and relevance of the research to the broader field of maverick science Abstract Submissions Abstract submission deadline: April 30, 2023

I think this is new from Clean Planet. New here, anyway.

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Also Carl Page has joined as 'advocate'.

TOKYO, JAPAN — April 1, 2023— Clean Planet Inc. announced that Professor Hiroshi Komiyama, Chairman of Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. and the 28th President of the University of Tokyo, and Carl Page, Silicon Valley-based ClimateTech advocate investor, have been appointed as advisors, effective April 1, 2023.

Clean Planet is a science venture company that develops and commercializes Quantum Hydrogen Energy (QHe), a CO2 emission-free, fusion energy that will be pivotal to reaching net-zero.

“We are truly excited to welcome Professor Komiyama and Carl to our Advisory Board,” said Hideki Yoshino, Founder and CEO of Clean Planet Inc. “Their expertise in scientific research and commercialization of new technologies will be invaluable, as we accelerate the development of QHe-powered heat modules. Their extensive network in environmental sustainability will be helpful for our global expansion. We look forward to working closely with them.”

Professor Hiroshi Komiyama, a prominent academic, scientist and engineer, and leading authority in global sustainability became Chairman of the Institute of Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. in April 2009, after completing a four-year presidency (the 28th President) at the University of Tokyo. He founded the 'Platinum Society Network' in 2010 to achieve a sustainable society that solves environmental, ageing, educational, and economic issues.

Mr. Carl Page is the President of the Anthropocene Institute and was a co-founder of eGroups. Based in Silicon Valley, Anthropocene Institute comprises scientists, engineers, communicators, marketers, thought leaders, and advocates — all pulling together toward a common goal: make Earth abundant and sustainable for all generations to come.

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Probing neutrons and purported fission daughter products from gas-loaded, laser-irradiated metal-hydrogen targets

The LENR - Past, Present, and Future, by Dr. Francis Tanzella

Discussed here RE: Brillouin Energy Corporation (BEC) updates.