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Nuclear physics · 4 min read · Editorial pilot
What the "tabletop fusion reactor" actually did
A benchtop experiment at UBC raised fusion rates 15% using ordinary electrochemistry. That's genuinely useful — and much smaller than the headlines suggested.
Based on: Nature, 2025 · Berlinguette group, University of British Columbia
Nuclear physics · 4 min read · Editorial pilot
Google re-tested cold fusion for four years. Here's what it found
A quietly funded program put the most famous failed claim in modern science through rigorous, multi-lab testing. It found no fusion — and made a careful case for why the search still paid off.
Based on: Nature 570, 45–51 (2019) · Berlinguette et al.
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