In 1989, Fleischmann and Pons announced room-temperature nuclear fusion. The establishment declared it unreproducible and they became pariahs. However, hundreds of labs worldwide reported anomalous excess heat. The US Navy's SPAWAR lab confirmed anomalous results. A 2004 DOE review acknowledged some evidence. The phenomenon was rebranded as LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reactions). While original claims remain controversial, the complete dismissal appears premature given repeated observations.
Cold fusion researchers were ridiculed and ostracized — but anomalous heat effects have been replicated hundreds of times worldwide
“Cold fusion was suppressed because it threatened the energy establishment. Hundreds of labs have replicated the anomalous heat but nobody will fund the research.”
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