Swedish scientists claim LENR explanation break-through

Essentially no new physics but a little-known physical effect describing matter’s interaction with electromagnetic fields — ponderomotive Miller forces — would explain energy release and isotopic changes in LENR. This is what Rickard Lundin and Hans Lidgren, two top level Swedish scientists, claim, describing their theory in a paper called Nuclear Spallation and Neutron Capture Induced by Ponderomotive Wave...

The Italian edition — Un’invenzione impossible — is finally out!

(This post was originally published on Animpossibleinvention.com). I'm happy to announce that the Italian edition of my book An Impossible Invention — Un’invenzione impossible — is finally out. I’m particularly satisfied since the story is closely related to Italy to which I have personal connections, my wife being Italian. A great thanks to Alex Passi who has made the...

Rossi has been granted US patent on the E-Cat — fuel mix specified

(This post was originally published on Animpossibleinvention.com). On August 25, Andrea Rossi was granted a patent on his LENR based heating device the E-Cat. The patent, which has the filing date March 14, 2012, can be downloaded here: US9115913B1 As far as I understand, the patent describes the so-called low temperature E-Cat that Rossi showed in semi-public...

What to learn from an historical cold fusion conference — ICCF19

This post was originally published on Animpossibleinvention.com.   Last week, the international conference cold fusion, ICCF-19, was held, and I would argue it was historical, for several reasons. The first is the ongoing trial by Rossi's and his US partner Industrial Heat of a commercially implemented 1 MW thermal power plant based on the E-Cat....

It seems big banks know about cold fusion

(This blog post was originally posted on Animpossibleinvention.com).   The oil price keeps falling. And most analysts seem convinced that they know the reason -- it's about supply, or demand, or Putin, or Saudi Arabia, or Syria or... But what if it were something completely different, known only by top people at the world's biggest banks. And...

Replication attempts are heating up cold fusion

(This blog post was first published on Animpossibleinvention.com). In just a few weeks, the whole landscape of cold fusion and LENR has changed significantly and, as many have noted, 2015 might bring a breakthrough for LENR in general, with increased public awareness, scientific acceptance and maybe even commercial applications. This is great news. For those who haven't...

New scientific report on the E-Cat shows excess heat and nuclear process

This blog post was originally published on Animpossibleinvention.com. A new scientific report on the E-Cat has been released, providing two important findings from a 32-day testrun of the reactor -- together leading to the clear conclusion that the E-Cat is an energy source based on some kind of nuclear reaction, without radiation outside the reactor....

An Impossible Invention on Amazon — second edition upcoming

(This blog post was originally published on Animpossibleinvention.com) Lots of people have asked me to make ‘An Impossible Invention’ available on Amazon in order to reach a broader audience. So I did — now there’s an e-book version in Amazon’s Kindle format listed here. The paperback version will get there later for a simple reason:...

Swedish National Radio paints it black

(This blog post was originally posted on Animpossibleinvention.com) The scientific newsroom of Sveriges Radio, the national Swedish Radio, has dedicated four months of research and a whole week of its air time to the story of Andrea Rossi, the E-Cat and cold fusion (part 1, 2, 3, 4), and I’m honored that it has made me one of its main targets....

A few more researchers who were never recognized

(This blog post was originally posted on Animpossibleinvention.com) As those of you who have already read my book 'An Impossible Invention' know, it's written in memory of Martin Fleischmann (1927 – 2012), Sergio Focardi (1932 – 2013) and Sven Kullander (1936 – 2014). All these three persons were important for my work, and they all left...

Here’s my book on cold fusion and the E-Cat

(This blog post was originally posted on Animpossibleinvention.com)   For three difficult years I have experienced much that I wanted to discuss, that I had thought people would want to investigate and understand better. Yet reaching out has been difficult for me. I want you, the reader, to comprehend, forgive and then participate. The term 'cold fusion' is so...

Comments on Defkalion reactor demo in Milan

Yesterday I participated as an observer at the Greek-Canadian company Defkalion's demo of its LENR based energy device Hyperion in Milan, Italy. The device is just like Andrea Rossi's E-Cat, loaded with small amounts of nickel powder and pressurized with hydrogen, and supposedly produces net thermal energy through a hitherto unknown process that seems to...

Prof Sergio Focardi dead at 80

Sergio Focardi, emeritus professor in experimental physics at the University of Bologna, passed away the night between Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd of June, 80 years old, after a long illness. Focardi was born on July 6, 1932, in Firenze, Italy. He was Dean of the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences from 1980 to...

Update of Swedish-Italian report, and Swedish pilot E-Cat customer wanted

The report on energy measurements on the E-Cat by a Swedish-Italian group of scientists has been updated with an appendix explaining more in detail the measurements of input electric power. The new version of the report can be found here. It has been discussed whether a DC current could have been drawn through the power...

Criticism, praise and comments on the Swedish-Italian E-Cat report

An earlier critic of energy measurements on the E-Cat so far, Swedish nuclear physicist Peter Ekström, has published his comments on the recent Swedish-Italian report on indications of anomalous heat production in the E-Cat. Ekström's comments, which can be found here, focus on a number of issues, ranging from calibration of the input power measurements...

Two 100 hour scientific tests confirm anomalous heat production in Rossi’s E-Cat

A group of Italian and Swedish scientists from Bologna and Uppsala have just published their report on two tests lasting 96 and 116 hours, confirming an anomalous heat production in the energy device known as the E-Cat, developed by the Italian inventor Andrea Rossi. The report is available for download here and on Arxiv.org. I have...

Swedish TV on Andrea Rossi and the E-cat

Tonight Swedish Television, SVT, dedicated 25 minutes of the program "The World of Science" (Vetenskapens Värld) to the Italian inventor Andrea Rossi and his controversial energy device, the E-cat. The program is online until January 16 on this link: http://www.svtplay.se/video/917953/del-14 (the part on Rossi starts at 24:30 minutes). Update: And here's an English transcript. I believe SVT...

Defkalion posts job listing for 21 professionals

I just noted that Greek Defkalion recently posted a job listing, looking for 21 professionals, mostly engineers. The job listing hints at progress towards industrial production of Defkalion’s Hyperion product, supposedly based on an LENR process and a potential competitor with the E-cat, a similar product developed by Andrea Rossi. According to a letter sent...

The Greek government in test of Defkalion’s technology

Representatives of the Greek government on Tuesday assisted at a test of Defkalion's energy technology – a potential competitor of Andrea Rossi's 'E-cat.' Meanwhile, Rossi continues to develop his technology. No results were presented. Another six groups are expected to perform independent testing of Defkalion's technology in the upcoming weeks. My report on NyTeknik.se can...

Defkalion offers testing of cold fusion reactors

The Greek company Defkalion has invited scientific and business organizations to test the core technology in its forthcoming energy products. The products are based on LENR – Low Energy Nuclear Reactions. Read my report at Nyteknik.se here.

The E-cat, Cold Fusion and LENR

In the last year, lots of people have found my reports on the ‘E-cat’ and Cold Fusion or LENR. For those who haven’t heard about this, it seems to be new and very flexible energy source, potentially based on a new kind of nuclear reaction different from fission (nuclear plants) and fusion (the sun), with...