March 23, 1989: Cold Fusion Gets Cold Shoulder

1989: Two electrochemists announce they’ve produced energy with a fusion reaction in a bench-top apparatus at room temperature. The world reacts with surprise, skepticism and, ultimately, derision.
Stanley Pons of the University of Utah and his mentor, Martin Fleischmann of Britain’s University of Southampton, made the startling revelation in a news conference in Salt Lake City. [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2011/03/0323fleischmann-pons-announce-cold-fusion/

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