Cold fusion research: models and potential benefits

Observations have been made of deuteron-deuteron fusion at room temperature during low-voltage electrolytic infusion of deuterons into metallic titanium or palladium electrodes. Neutrons with an energy of approximately 2.45 MeV have been clearly detected with a sensitive neutron spectrometer at a rate of 2×10^-3 n/s which cannot be accounted for by ambient-neutron background variations. The reaction has been known to yield excess (or “latent”) heat, where D+D yields ⁴He and 23.8 MeV. This paper examines the latest experimental results from several international researchers and summarize several new theories of nuclear model interactions that have been put forth to explain these intriguing results