Cold Fusion, A Journalistic Investigation

Author of the recent book, $The$ $Rebirth$ $of$ $Cold$ $Fusion$, and founder of New Energy Times, Steven B. Krivit presents a summary of cold fusion's, past, present and possible future. This talk will briefly review five highlights of the recent New Energy Times investigation into cold fusion research:\\ 1. Analysis of early studies that supposedly disproved cold fusion.\\ 2. Key early corroborations that supported the claims of Fleischmann and Pons.\\ 3. The evolving understanding of cold fusion reaction paths and by-products.\\ 4. A look at volumetric power density.\\ 5. Brief comparison of the progress in hot fusion research as compared to cold fusion research.\\ New Energy Times, founded in 2000, is an independent communications company which currently specializes in reporting on cold fusion research\footnote{\urllink{References and copies of the presentation are available at www.newenergytimes.com/reports/aps2005.htm}{http://www.newenergytimes.com/reports/aps2005.htm}}. It has no affiliations with any organization, entity or party which invests in these technologies, nor any individual researcher or research facility.