Discovery Revives Hopes for Cold Fusion

A new lab discovery holds promise that cold fusion could become a reality, according to a US Navy researcher. The chemist—whose report was greeted with skepticism in the scientific world—says her new process created highly energized neutrons in a reaction that could someday provide almost limitless amounts of cheap energy from seawater, reports the Houston Chronicle.

Nuclear fusion at low temperatures has long been a holy grail for scientists seeking clean energy sources, but a surge of interest in the field 20 years ago has waned as researchers' claims to have created cold fusion proved impossible to replicate.