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Is There More to Cold Fusion Than Failure and Fraud?

A Quanta Magazine examination of cold fusion asks whether the discredited field deserves renewed scientific attention. Decades after the 1989 Fleischmann-Pons controversy, when claims of room-temperature fusion collapsed amid failed replications and accusations of fraud, some researchers argue lingering anomalies in low-energy nuclear reaction experiments merit a fair second look rather than outright dismissal.

Why now: A high-profile science publication revisiting a famously discredited field is sparking debate about whether cold fusion research deserves rehabilitation.

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