| In 2010, New Energy Times began an investigation into SRI International electrochemist Michael McKubre’s experiment “M4.” In the preceding decade, McKubre had presented this experiment as the best experimental proof for “cold fusion.”
In our investigation, we found that McKubre gradually changed, added and deleted data points and values in “M4” during a 10-year period. McKubre made all these changes without scientific explanation, most without notification.
McKubre is one of the most qualified electrochemists who has worked in the field of low-energy nuclear reactions. He and his former group set the standard in the 1990s for precision measurement of excess heat in LENR experiments. They designed first-principles calorimeters and performed meticulous, temporally correlated measurements of helium production in LENR cells. McKubre has also led some of the most important LENR replication experiments in the field.
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| News Reports and Inquiries (Newer items on top) |
| McKubre Comment to Third Party, Feb. 13, 2012 |
| Greg from Tennessee - Letter Regarding M4, Dec. 24, 2011 |
| To Whom It May Concern, (Similar letters to SRI Internationaland EPRI) Dec. 21, 2011 |
| McKubre Response, Dec. 10, 2011 |
| (Article) When Nuclear Is Not Enough: A Tangled Tale of Two Experiment July 30, 2010 |
| (Slides) When Nuclear Is Not Enough: A Tangled Tale of Two Experiment July 30, 2010 |
| EPRI and Passell Contradict McKubre's Explanation, March 30, 2010 |
| (Transcript) News Inquiry #4, Mar. 21, 2010 |
| (Video) News Inquiry #4, Mar. 21, 2010 |
| Helium in Metals Analysis, March 20, 2010 |
| News Inquiry #3, Mar. 12, 2010 |
| News Inquiry #2, Feb. 4, 2010 |
| (Slides PDF) Emergence of Incoherent Explanation for D-D "Cold Fusion," Jan. 29, 2010 |
| (Slides HTML) Emergence of Incoherent Explanation for D-D "Cold Fusion," Jan. 29, 2010 |
| (News Article) Emergence of Incoherent Explanation for D-D "Cold Fusion," Jan. 29, 2010 |
| News Inquiry #1, Jan. 22, 2010 |
| References |
| Schultheis, D., "Permeation Barrier for Lightweight Liquid Hydrogen Tanks," Ph. D. thesis, University of Augsburg, Germany, (2007) |
| Peter Hagelstein, Michael McKubre, David Nagel, Talbot Chubb, Randy Hekman, "New Physical Effects In Metal Deuterides," Submitted to the 2004 U.S. Department of Energy LENR Review, (2004) |
| Michael McKubre, Francis Tanzella, Paolo Tripodi and Peter Hagelstein, "The Emergence of a Coherent Explanation for Anomalies Observed in D/Pd and H/Pd Systems; Evidence for 4He and 3He Production" 8th International Conference on Cold Fusion. Lerici (La Spezia), Italy: Italian Physical Society, Bologna, Italy, (2000) |
| Development of Energy Production Systems from Heat Produced in Deuterated Metals - Energy Production Processes in Deuterated Metals, Volume 1, TR-107843-V1, Thomas Passell (Project Manager,) Michael McKubre, Steven Crouch-Baker, A. Huaser, N. Jevtic, S.I. Smedley, Francis Tanzella, M. Williams, S. Wing (Principal Investigators,) B. Bush, F. McMohon, M. Srinivasan, A. Wark, D. Warren (Non-SRI Contributors,) (June 1998) |
| Gozzi, D., et al., "X-Ray, Heat Excess and 4He in the D:Pd System," Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Vol. 452, p. 253, (1998) and Erratum, 452, 251–271, (1998) |
| Hagelstein, P.L., Summary of ICCF3 in Nagoya, (Feb. 16, 1993) |
| Ramsay, W.; Travers, M.W. "An Attempt to Cause Helium or Argon to Pass through Red-Hot Palladium, Platinum, or Iron." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (1854-1905). 61 (-1), p. 266-267, doi:10.1098/rspl.1897.0034, (Jan. 1897) |
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