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- We need to keep an open mind on cold fusion potential | Letters Sat, 8 Feb 25, 5:01amScientists around the world are leading research into cold fusion as an alternative to fossil fuels so it should not be dismissed as pseudo-scientific, say MIT-based researchers...
- Cold fusion claims that don’t bear scrutiny | Letters Mon, 3 Feb 25, 3:45amDr Philip Thomas responds to a letter claiming that cold fusion could be a viable alternative to fossil fuels
- Cold fusion may be a viable energy alternative to end reliance on fossil fuels | Letters Wed, 29 Jan 25, 5:24amA number of companies have been able to make these low-energy nuclear reactions work reliably, write Brian Josephson, David J Nagel, Alan Smith, Dr Jean-Paul Biberian and Yasuhiro Iwamura
- Nuclear fusion: it’s time for a reality check | Letters Thu, 23 Jan 25, 5:13amSignificant obstacles lie ahead in the quest for commercially viable nuclear fusion, writes Luca Garzotti
- Ministers pledge record £410m to support UK nuclear fusion energy Thu, 16 Jan 25, 11:01amEd Miliband says funding pledge means Britain within ‘grasping distance’ of ‘secure, clean, unlimited energy’
- Physicist MV Ramana on the problem with nuclear power Wed, 4 Sep 24, 7:50pmNuclear is costly, risky and slow, Ramana says. Why then, he asks in his new book, do governments still champion it?
- Power lines’ curves and accidental verse | Brief letters Thu, 15 Aug 24, 3:03amDr William Whewell | John Prescott | International Apostrophe Day | University vice-chancellors | Musk and Trump
- Fusion power might be 30 years away but we will reap its benefits well before Sun, 11 Aug 24, 3:00pmDiscoveries made in pursuit of nuclear fusion have potentially huge practical applications in everything from curing cancer to superior batteries for EVs
- Is the dream of nuclear fusion dead? Why the international experimental reactor is in ‘big trouble’ Sun, 4 Aug 24, 2:00amThe 35-nation Iter project has a groundbreaking aim to create clean and limitless energy but it is turning into the ‘most delayed and cost-inflated science project in history’
- It gets a bad rap, but carbon is helping make solar panels better and batteries safer Mon, 16 Jan 23, 6:00amIf we're to transition to green energy, we need help from carbon. New research into carbon-based materials is improving lithium-ion batteries, hydrogen fuel cells and solar panels.
- Carbon is a climate change villain, but could be the hero of our green energy future Mon, 16 Jan 23, 6:00amIf we're to transition to green energy, we need help from carbon. New research into carbon-based materials is improving lithium-ion batteries, hydrogen fuel cells and solar panels.
- Nuclear fusion ‘holy grail’ is not the answer to our energy prayers | Letters Tue, 20 Dec 22, 5:35amDr Mark Diesendorf questions the claim that nuclear fusion is safe and clean, while Dr Chris Cragg suspects true fusion power is a long way off. Plus letters from Dick Willis and Martin O’Donovan
- Despite the hype, we shouldn’t bank on nuclear fusion to save the world from climate catastrophe | Robin McKie Sun, 18 Dec 22, 6:16amLast week’s experiment in the US is promising, but it’s not a magic bullet for our energy needsThe revelation that researchers had succeeded in creating a nuclear fusion reaction that generated more energy than it consumed...
- Crab and lobster shells could be used to make renewable batteries Fri, 2 Sep 22, 1:00amPrototype designed using chemical in crustacean shells remains 99.7% efficient after about 400 hours
- Time to face up to the fusion illusion? | Brief letters Tue, 15 Feb 22, 5:05amNo such thing as time | Cushioning the blow | Out for the count | Reclaiming San Serriffe | Marine disaster