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Published online 10 January 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060109-5
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Desktop fusion is back on the table
Physicist claims to have definitive data, but can they be replicated?
Can the popping of tiny bubbles trigger nuclear fusion, a potential source of almost unlimited energy? This controversial idea is back on the table, because its main proponent has new results that, he claims, will silence critics. But others say that the latest experiment simply comes with its own set of problems.
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