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'''Cold fusion''' is the hypothetical effect resulting in excess heat that some scientists have claimed could be produced from nuclear fusion near room temperature. In 1989, electrochemists Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons of the University of Utah claimed to have produced such an effect by placing [[palladium]] electrodes in a glass of heavy water, <ref>http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/1258</ref> and some speculated that this could become a source of cheap energy in the future. After Fleischmann and Pons made their claim, the effect initially was unable to be replicated by scientists, and the claim has been generally discredited since, although some scientists still try to create the effect. After work by Mike McKubre of SRI and Miles and Bush at the Navies China Lake Research Laboratory it was show that a deuterium to palladium loading of >0.9 was need to see the effect. Further they showed that helium was produced from the deuterium. Somehow D+D -> ??? -> He releasing the expected 23.8MeV per He atom of energy. This field is being actively researched today (circa 2012).  

'''Cold fusion''' is the hypothetical effect resulting in excess heat that some scientists have claimed could be produced from nuclear fusion near room temperature. In 1989, electrochemists Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons of the University of Utah claimed to have produced such an effect by placing [[palladium]] electrodes in a glass of heavy water, <ref>http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/1258</ref> and some speculated that this could become a source of cheap energy in the future. After Fleischmann and Pons made their claim, the effect initially was unable to be replicated by scientists, and the claim was generally discredited. After work by Mike McKubre of SRI and Miles and Bush at the Navies China Lake Research Laboratory it was show that a deuterium to palladium loading of >0.9 was need to see the effect. The initial failures at MIT and CalTech used loading of <0.8. Further they showed that helium was produced from the deuterium. Somehow D+D -> ??? -> He releasing the expected 23.8MeV per He atom of energy. This field is being actively researched today (circa 2012).  

Research is ongoing in the US at SRI in California, in Italy at several universities, in Japan at Toyota and various universities, and in several other countries.  

Research is ongoing in the US at SRI in California, in Italy at several universities, in Japan at Toyota and various universities, and in several other countries.