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'Cold Fusion' Chemist Dead at 85

Posted August 08, 2012 8:39 AM

From BBC News - Science & Environment:

Martin Fleischmann, the Czech-born chemist who claimed to have achieved "cold fusion" - a claim later discredited - is reported to have died.

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08/08/2012 4:51 PM

Has anyone substantiated this?

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08/08/2012 7:17 PM

Were you hoping for peer review?

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08/08/2012 7:34 PM

Hey, hunn, are you offering ?

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08/09/2012 7:33 AM

No, I was hoping not to dig that up again.

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08/09/2012 7:48 AM

We'll keep it between the 3 of us .

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08/08/2012 11:16 PM

Why, is Pons 'dead' too?

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