Successful Cold Fusion Experiment? 387
An anonymous reader writes "The italian economic journal 'Il sole 24 ore' published an article about a successful cold fusion experiment performed by Yoshiaki Arata in Japan. They seems to have pumped high pressure deutherium gas in a nanometric matrix of palladium and zyrcon oxide. The experiments generates a considerable amount of energy and they found the presence of Helium-4 in the matrix (as sign of the fusion). I was not able to find other articles about this but the journal is very authoritative in Italy. Google translations are also available."
Elium-4? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Elium-4? (Score:3, Funny)
wow, elium-4 (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Come on (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It's not Rocket Science! (Score:5, Funny)
That's why Slashdot has editors to clean up the submissions, and discard the dupes.
Oh, wait...
Re:Elium-4? (Score:0, Funny)
IT WAS A JOKE.
Re:Come on (Score:2, Funny)
Re:choice of media? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:A world changing experiment... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Come on (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The New Energy Times has some coverage as well (Score:3, Funny)
Isn't that like going to a Nationalist Socialist website to learn about the holocaust?
Ah, crap. Godwin. I always do this.
Re:nanometric matrix? (Score:3, Funny)
Everyone knows those are unstable. What were you thinking?
It uses Zirconium (Score:1, Funny)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zirconium#Applications [wikipedia.org]
Re:wow, elium-4 (Score:5, Funny)
Mr fusion (Score:1, Funny)
Cat got my tongue :( (Score:2, Funny)
english.it (Score:5, Funny)
no, just west end London (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Elium-4? (Score:5, Funny)
Well, that was certainly the most interesting etymological post I've seen on slashdot lately! Certainly more interesting than an article on physics posted in an Italian business magazine, which seems to have been the original topic.
H conservation! (Score:5, Funny)
english.it.us (Score:4, Funny)
Re:So-called geeks! (Score:4, Funny)
Refusing to use fusion because it might one day affect the oceans is cutting off your nose to spite your face. Our current energy usage is destroying the planet now. It would be utterly insane to refuse to use a clean, non-destructive alternative just because over-use will start having some small impact some kilo- or mega-years in the future. Nothing is perfect. If this works (and I am, as I said, quite skeptical) then it would be vastly better than any known alternative.
Re:Elium-4? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Elium-4? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:choice of media? (Score:2, Funny)
Dear Penthouse,
I've heard stories about it happening to other people, but I never thought it would happen to me. I was in the lab late one night (I'm a maverick physicist) working on my latest experiment. I began to hear a soft moaning, which was odd because I thought I was alone in the building. Intrigued, I followed the sound to its source, a beautiful young lab assistant named Marjorie.
Her lab coat was askew, revealing her bosom heaving in time with her moaning. I couldn't help but begin to be aroused. "Is that a deuterium rod in your pocket?" she asked in a seemingly innocent way. "Hai," I replied, falling back on my Japanese roots. "But you're 85 years old, professor!" she exclaimed.
"Yes, but I have fusion," I replied.
She reached out a hand to examine my experiment.
"Ooh, it's chilly," she said with surprise.
Yes, I know!" I said, beaming with pride. "Isn't that amazing?"
Some time later, after thoroughly going over the details of my experiment, I asked what she thought. "Very impressive! But is it repeatable?," she wondered.
And I answered "All night long baby, all night long."
Re:H conservation! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I hope so. (Score:2, Funny)