{"id":3528,"date":"2013-07-20T20:39:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T20:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3528"},"modified":"2013-07-20T20:39:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T20:39:00","slug":"sci-tech-18th-int-conference-on-condensed-matter-nuclear-science-at-univ-missouri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3528","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: 18th Int. Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science at Univ. Missouri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 18th International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (<a href=\"http:\/\/iccf18.research.missouri.edu\/\" target=\"_d\">ICCF-18<\/a>) begins on Sunday at the University of Missouri in Columbia.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.missouri.edu\/2013\/07\/02\/tabletop-nuclear-fusion\/\" target=\"_d\">Tabletop Nuclear Fusion: International experts on low-energy nuclear reactions meet at Mizzou &#8211; University of Missouri<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbiatribune.com\/news\/education\/mu-snags-worldwide-nuclear-fusion-conference\/article_65c83ff6-ed79-11e2-8584-10604b9f6eda.html\" target=\"_d\">MU snags worldwide nuclear fusion conference &#8211; Columbia Daily Tribune | Columbia Missouri: Education<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is the first time the ICCF has been held at a major US university. The field is gradually overcoming the notoriety of the &#8220;cold fusion&#8221; label as growing numbers of\u00a0 researchers find interesting phenomena that falls under the general category of low energy nuclear reactions or LENR.<\/p>\n<p>The conference chair is <a href=\"http:\/\/research.missouri.edu\/about\/bios\/duncan.php\" target=\"_blank\">Robert V. Duncan<\/a>, Professor of Physics and Vice Chancellor for Research at MU. He had no connection to the field until he was asked a few years ago by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2009\/04\/17\/60minutes\/main4952167.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">CBS 60 Minutes news program<\/a> to take an independent outsider&#8217;s view of it . He came away very impressed and eventually started a program at MU to investigate the phenomena.<\/p>\n<p>Here is Duncan&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/iccf18.research.missouri.edu\/welcome.php\" target=\"_blank\">intro to the conference<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We at the University of Missouri (MU) are delighted to team with ENEA and National Instruments to review and explore developments in condensed matter nuclear science. There have been great advances in this discipline over the last five years by research labs and private institutions around the world, and this work will be explored at ICCF-18.<\/p>\n<p>The Naval Research Lab (NRL), and many other excellent laboratories have confirmed that the excess heat effects reported by Fleischmann and Pons are real, and roughly one thousand times larger than can be attributed to a chemical process. Other phenomena, such as transmutation and nuclear process of geologic origin, remain at the forefront of current inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>There have also been developments and confirmations of nuclear process in other condensed matter systems, and many of these reports come from outside the traditional ICCF Community. For example, NASA, using its FERMI gamma burst satellite has confirmed antimatter ejections from major thunderstorms many hundreds of times.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, we have seen the development of pyro-electric hydrogen fusion at UCLA, and the development of piezo-electric hydrogen fusion continues at MU today. Clearly, condensed matter nuclear science is undergoing a renaissance. Join us here at the University of Missouri as we review the state of our understanding of these systems, and as we apply the scientific method to understanding anomalous phenomena that are based upon reproducible empirical reports.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In this video of a panel discussion at the 2012 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ni.com\/niweek\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Instruments NIWeek<\/a> event, Duncan gives an introduction to the field. The panel also includes Dr. Andrea Aparo\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ansaldoenergia.it\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ansaldo Energia SpA<\/a>), Dr. Akito Takahashi (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.osaka-u.ac.jp\/en\" target=\"_blank\">Osaka University<\/a>), Frank Gordon (Co-chair International Conference on Cold Fusion, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.public.navy.mil\/spawar\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">US Navy SPAWAR Systems Center<\/a>), and Dr. Michael McKubre (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sri.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SRI International<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iS4qNbMCBL0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 18th International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (ICCF-18) begins on Sunday at the University of Missouri in Columbia. Tabletop Nuclear Fusion: International experts on low-energy nuclear reactions meet at Mizzou &#8211; University of Missouri MU snags worldwide nuclear fusion conference &#8211; Columbia Daily Tribune | Columbia Missouri: Education This is the first time &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3528\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: 18th Int. Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science at Univ. Missouri<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-UU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5159,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5159","url_meta":{"origin":3528,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Nuclear fusion projects including General Fusion, Helion Energy and MSNW","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's an overview of several fusion power projects:\u00a0The Nuclear Fusion Arms Race Is Underway - \u00a0Motherboard. And here is info on a couple of alternative fusion approaches. General Fusion, a Canadian based company that has raised $33M so far from Jeff Bezos and other private sources, is aiming for a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/zf8QIJ2VgqU\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6208,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6208","url_meta":{"origin":3528,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: Investment group buys rights to Andrea Rossi&#8217;s E-Cat Technology","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"An affiliate of the reputable\u00a0Cherokee\u00a0investment group of North Carolina has bought the rights to Andrea Rossi's nickel\/hydrogen energy devices, which are based on an unexplained LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reactions)\/Cold Fusion process. The Industrial Heat, LLC \u00a0announcement is shown below. They were convinced of the validity of large net energy\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/Iu-AH4M2kPY\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":127,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=127","url_meta":{"origin":3528,"position":2},"title":"Sci-Tech: Edmund Storms and low energy nuclear reactions","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Retired Los Alamos Lab radiochemist Edmund Storms gave an update on Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) and Cold Fusion on the Space Show on Friday: Dr. Edmund Storms, Friday, 1-18-13 \u00ab Thespaceshow's Blog.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2721,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2721","url_meta":{"origin":3528,"position":3},"title":"Update on Univ. Washington fusion propulsion project","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's an update on the nuclear fusion propulsion system that John Slough and his team at the University of Washington's Plasma Dynamics Lab is developing: Scientists Testing Nuclear Fusion-Powered Rocket Engine - The Daily Fusion. See also the descriptions of the project funded by the\u00a0 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rockets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rockets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"590484main_slough_full[1]","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/590484main_slough_full1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3475,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3475","url_meta":{"origin":3528,"position":4},"title":"Sci-Tech: Ultra-dense deuterium packs tightly","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A\u00a0 group led by Prof. Leif Holmlid at the\u00a0 University of Gothenburg, Sweden has created a really bizarre material: Ultra-dense deuterium may be the nuclear fuel of the future Material that is a hundred thousand times heavier than water and more dense than the core of the Sun is being\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15466,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15466","url_meta":{"origin":3528,"position":5},"title":"SciTech video: Commercial fusion power ventures panel &#8211; General Fusion, Tri-Alpha Energy, &#038; Lockheed-Martin","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"An interesting discussion for a general public audience about three different commercial approaches to nuclear fusion power systems that could go on line within 10-15 years:\u00a0Nuclear Fusion: Reacting To Commercialization - VLAB Moderator: Rachel Slaybaugh, APRA-E Program Director and Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering,\u00a0University of California, Berkeley Michel Laberge, Founder\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/HwUVcPlkQsI\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3528"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3530,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3528\/revisions\/3530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}