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News & AnnouncementsJCMNS Volume 2 published 10 May 2009: Editor in Chief Jean Paul Biberian has released the second volume of the peer reviewed Journal of Condensed Matter Nuclear Science. JCMNS-Vol2.pdf. ISCMNS signs research agreement with CNAM 19 January 2009: ISCMNS today announced it had signed an agreement with Le Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers (CNAM) in Paris, France to finance a research program entitled, "Experimental Verification of the Pico-Chemistry Hypothesis". The research will be headed by Dr Jacques Dufour of CNAM's nuclear science laboratories. Funding is sourced entirely from private donations to ISCMNS made specifically for the project. Under the terms of the agreement, ISCMNS will have the right to publish the results in JCMNS. Reform of ICCF Conferences August 2008: At ICCF14, Washington, the ISCMNS Annual General Meeting advised the the Executive Committee take the necessary steps to incorporate the IAC as a standing sub-committee continuing the gradual process of improving the efficiency, accountability and continuity of the ICCF series of conferences. (proposal) The International Advisory Committee, subsequently tasked Vittorio Violante (Chairman Elect) and Bill Collis (ISCMNS Chief Executive) to propose draft By-Laws to regulate the proposed merger. These will be discussed at ICCF15, Rome. ITER - Cost overruns before construction starts. 12 June 2008: The recent design review of International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), to be built in Cadarache, France suggests that the project will cost 25-30% more than expected and completion of construction may be delayed an extra 1-3 years. Nature reports: Critics expect more cost hikes. “Personally, I think the price will double before it’s done,” says Stephen Dean, president of Fusion Power Associates, a research and educational foundation based in Gaithersburg, Maryland. http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080612/full/453829a.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v453/n7197/full/453824a.html Black Light Power announces 50 kW thermal generator. 28 May 2008: BlackLight Power Inc. today announced the successful testing of a new energy source. The company has successfully developed a prototype power system generating 50,000 watts of thermal power on demand. Incorporating existing industry knowledge in chemical and power engineering, BlackLight Power (BLP) is pursuing the immediate design and engineering of central power plants utilizing the BlackLight Process. BLP plans on developing pilot plants with architecture and engineering firms with anticipated delivery in approximately 12 to 18 months. The BLP process has been replicated and validated by independent scientists and has received interest from financial institutions and power utility plant operators around the world. BLP plans on licensing its technologies. See http://www.blacklightpower.com/new.shtml See http://www.blacklightpower.com/new.shtml 1st Volume of JCMNS goes online. 17 October 2007 The JCMNS Editorial board chaired by Prof. Jean Biberian authorizes publication of the first volume the the Journal of Condensed Matter Nuclear Science. Akito Takahashi nominated ISCMNS Life Member. At the 4th Annual General Meeting of the Society, the members advised the Executive Committee to nominate Prof. Akito Takahashi, outgoing ISCMNS president, a Life Member of the Society. He joins other distinguished Life Members, Martin Fleischman, Brian Josephson, Yoshiaki Arata. Life members are exempt from paying annual membership dues. The Italian National Television broadcasts film on Fulvio Frisone. February 2007: RAI-1 broadcasted a TV dramatization of the life of Cold Fusion Physicist, Fulvio Frisone on Thursday 22nd February at 21:00. The title of the film is, "Il Figlio della Luna" ("The son of the moon"). http://www.raifiction.rai.it/raifiction2006fiction/0,,2183,00.html The film premier was shown at the Teatro Sangiorgi at Catania, Sicily after a press conference on February 19. The Honourable Salvo Fleres, vice-president of the Sicilian Regional Assembly (parliament) announced that William Collis would be organizing the 8th International Workshop on Anomalies in Hydrogen / Deuterium Loaded Metals at Catania sponsored by the Fulvio Frisone Foundation. The film was later shown at the workshop. European Commission issues FP7 Calls for Proposals 22 December 2006: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm ISCMNS is coordinating interest at Call for International Collaboration. New Frisone Research Centre In Sicily 9th November 2006: The Mayor of the town of Melilli in Sicily, Italy, Hon. Pippo Sorbello signed a protocol of understanding with the Fulvio Frisone Foundation to set up a new research centre. The building is already undergoing renovation and is expected to open early next year. Sebastiano Truglio, responsible for the protocol, was quoted as saying, "Considering the fame of Frisone, it is possible that foreign scholars will also contribute to the research". www.ilpontesr.it/Archivio/28ott06.pdf (11 Mb in Italian). Arata receives award from Emperor of Japan 27th October 2006: The Japanese Government released news on 5 winners of the Order
of Culture in
2006. Yoshiaki Arata, Professor Emeritus, Osaka University is one of five. He is awarded for his
great academic achievements in high temperature engineering and new welding science.
The Order of Culture (Bunka-Kunsho) is the highest ranked award in Japan. The awarding
ceremony was at the Imperial Palace, Tokyo on 3rd November, Culture Day in Japan. Italian National Television broadcasts on Cold Fusion 20 October 2006: Italian National Television, RAI, has set up a web page giving access to an Italian language video (18 minutes, 14 Mb) http://www.rainews24.rai.it/ran24/inchieste/19102006_rapporto41.asp and other documents in English. Call for International Collaboration 7th October 2006: Prof. Xingzhong Li made a call at the 7th Inyternational Workshop at Asti for international collaboration under the European Union's Framework Program 7. Outline Under Li's proposal, China would need to find 3 other collaborative partners in different countries as well as individual evaluators of the proposal. Interested parties should contact Li at lxz-dmp@tsinghua.edu.cn. See http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/participation_txt.htm ISCMNS as a registered
Charity September 2006: The Executive Committee has decided to register the Society with the Charity Commissioners in England. For discussion see, ISCMNS as a Registered Charity. The Extraordinary General Meeting of 25th September for this purpose unanimously approved the necessary changes to the Society's constitution, and the UK Charity Commission has now registered the Society. IoP publishes article(s) on Hydrinos. 3 June 2006: A. Rathke has ammended his paper entitled, "A critical analysis of the hydrino model" published in the New Journal of Physics. 3 September 2005 The Institute of Physics (London) has published a short article on hydrinos Hydrogen result causes controversy (August 2005) - News - PhysicsWeb The article contains further links on the topic. A letter entitled, "Against Hydrinos" criticizing Mills' theory (and also the IoP) was subsequently published in Physics World, 18 No 11 p 21 (11 November 2005). 7th International Workshop at Asti, Italy. The 7th International Workshop on Anomalies in Hydrogen / Deuterium loaded Metals held 23-25 September 2006 will publish its Transactions in the CMNS Electronic Journal. The paper will be professionally formatted. Prof. Akira Kitamura was awarded the Giuliano Preparata medal at the workshop. ISCMNS Recruit your Institute Campaign 9 December 2005: Until further notice, ISCMNS will offer free 2006 membership to all individuals who recruit an institutional or corporate member of the Society. Why not recruit your own institution? ISCMNS Appointments 28 November 2005: The Executive Committee has appointed Jed Rothwell, the webmaster of www.lenr-canr.org as ISCMNS Librarian. His responsibilities include collecting and formatting contributions for the ICCF-12 Proceedings and can be reached at ICCF@mindspring.com. The new Editor-in-Chief of the CMNS electronic journal is Prof. Jean Paul Biberian CMNSEditor@iscmns.org who takes over from Prof. Peter Hagelstein. ISCMNS Life Membership 28 November 2005: The Executive Committee have decided to institute a new category of Life Membership for those whose participation are deemed enhance the prestige of the Society. The first two members are Martin Fleischmann and Yoshiaki Arata. Life members are not required to pay any membership subscription fees but otherwise have all rights and responsibilities of members. ISCMNS Annual General Meeting 28 November 2005: The second Annual General Meeting of the Society was held during ICCF12 at 17:30 on Monday 28 November 2005 in the Shin Yokohama Prince Hotel, Yokohama, Japan. The Minutes are available for inspection. Pay your ISCMNS membership fees online! 1 November 2005: The end of the year is approaching and 2006 membership fees will soon be payable. New applicants who pay in the last 2 months of the calendar year will be entitled to membership until December 31st of the following year. You can now pay your membership dues on-line at Membership using major credit cards or a Paypal account. This should make payments to the Society much more convenient and reduce the expenses of making international payments. CMNS Threads on Google 18 October 2005: Over the last few months a lively discussion on Cold Fusion has been taking place on-line at http://groups-beta.google.com/group/cmns/ Join in! It's run by Ludwik Kowalski and is independent of the CMNS journal and ISCMNS. BNL helps ISCMNS again with Nuclear Wallet Cards! 23 September 2005: Brookhaven National Laboratories http://www.nndc.bnl.gov have generously donated to ISCMNS a number of Nuclear Wallet Cards (actually pocket size booklets) containing a vast amount of nuclear data. This 7th edition is very up to date having been printed in April 2005. It is unlikely that further editions will be published so take advantage! ISCMNS publishes its first accounts 20 July 2005 Although the financial year only ended at 30th June, ISCMNS has already prepared and published its financial accounts for its first 13 months of operation as a corporation. The bottom line is a tax free profit of €5,726 which swell net assets to €7,367 after taking into account the assets inherited from the previous unincorporated association. Accounts 2004-05 In addition to the statutory accounts, this document also includes detailed accounts of the 6th International Workshop on Anomalies in Hydrogen / Deuterium loaded Metals (Siena). Says Hon. Secretary Bill Collis, "This is
certainly a very encouraging result after little more than a year of operation.
However in absolute terms the cash surplus is rather modest and would certainly
disappear altogether if it were not for the unpaid labours of our members.
The Society needs new sources of income. If you have a good idea, tell the
Executive Committee!". ISCMNS discussion forum! 25 April 2005 All members of the Society are welcome to register at our new Experimental Bulletin Board You can find the Documentation here. Nobel Laureate Brian Josephson discusses Cold Fusion 10 April 2005 Discussion on the Guardian Newspaper (UK) site:- http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?50@154.3zJ0ejbjPkQ.0@.7747c42f Anyone can register and join in, but unfortunately have to join a queue and may not get authorisation for a couple of weeks!
Laboratory Accident in Japan On January 24, 2005 at around 4:00 p.m. an explosion occurred during a plasma electrolysis experiment being performed by Mizuno in the Quantum Energy Engineering Section. Details can be found at Accident Report.
DOE Review Published 1 December 2004: The US Department of Energy has now published its "Report of the Review of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions" which concludes that the "field would benefit from the peer-review processes associated with proposal submission to agencies and paper submission to archival journals". http://www.science.doe.gov/Sub/Newsroom/News_Releases/DOE-SC/2004/low_energy/index.htm
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Election Results Italian High School (Lyceum), "Augusto Monti" replicates John Dash's Cold Fusion Demonstration 14 March 2004: For over a month italian high school students have been attempting to replicate Prof. John Dash's (Portland State University, Oregon, USA) experiment which was shown to the public at MIT last August. This time the experiment has been conducted in the school laboratory simply following the written instructions and coordinated by Bill Collis. The purpose is to teach the students basic laboratory procedure and to show the world that thermal anomalies can be demonstrated even with limited resources. Students were divided into 3 teams. The "chemists" prepared the cells, the "engineers" connected the electronics and data acquisition PC, whilst the "film crew" recorded the procedures on camera and video. After some initial difficulties, anomalous temperatures were first shown to the press on Saturday evening. The audience was enthralled to see the temperature of the experimental cell (containing deuterium) catch up and overtake the control cell (containing ordinary hydrogen). Both cells contain sulphuric acid, and the same current and voltage is applied to them. At steady state, the experimental cell was about ten degrees hotter. A public demonstration was also successfully made on the afternoon of Friday, 19 March. ISCMNS has received a number of queries from other High Schools in France and Italy interested in repeating this experiment. 27 September 2004: The Scientific Lyceum, "Leonardo da Vinci", an Italian High School in Milan, reported (also at ICCF11) on their successful replication of the Dash experiment. |
