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Published online 8 March 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060306-1
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Bubble fusion: silencing the hype
Nature reveals serious doubts over claims for fusion in collapsing bubbles.
Nuclear engineer Rusi Taleyarkhan's claims that he had achieved table-top fusion in collapsing bubbles caused a storm when they were first reported in Science in 2002. If the effect is real, and could be harnessed, it might one day provide an almost limitless source of energy.
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