Hope, skepticism for cold fusion
Date: Monday, November 28, 2011 @ 20:42:51 GMT
Topic: Devices
By D.C. Denison/ The Boston Globe: The Italian scientist who says he has developed the world’s first cold fusion reactor - a claim that has been hotly contested in scientific circles - visited the State House last week to explore the prospects for developing and manufacturing the device in Massachusetts.
Andrea Rossi made the trip at the invitation of the Senate’s minority leader, Bruce Tarr, a Republican from Gloucester, and met on Tuesday with representatives from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, and the University of Massachusetts.
Rossi’s energy catalyzer, or “E-Cat’’ reactor, is intended to produce
large amounts of energy from a reaction between nickel and hydrogen.
Rossi said the reaction produces heat to heat water, which produces
steam that can be used to generate electricity....
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