START — Briefs https://startsci.org/briefs Peer-reviewed research translated into plain language, with every source attached. Research, transferred faithfully. en Google re-tested cold fusion for four years. Here's what it found https://startsci.org/briefs/cold-fusion-cold-case https://startsci.org/briefs/cold-fusion-cold-case Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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 Berlinguette et al., Nature 570 (2019). [Editorial pilot] What the "tabletop fusion reactor" actually did https://startsci.org/briefs/thunderbird-fusion https://startsci.org/briefs/thunderbird-fusion Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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 the Berlinguette group's Nature 2025 paper. [Editorial pilot]