A cold fusion breakthrough has been announced by a former physics professor at the Osaka University. The professor named Yoshiaki Arata performed a demonstration regarding cold fusion helped by his co-worker Yue-Chang Zhang.

The researchers used the force of pressure to determine the deuterium (D) gas into a cell which contained palladium dispersed in zirconium oxide (ZrO2-Pd). The deuterium was absorbed by the sample of ZrO2-Pd, then produced dense or “pynco” deuterium therefore the deuterium nuclei came so close together that they fused.

“Arata’s demonstration…was successfully done. There came about 60 people from universities and companies in Japan and few foreign people. Six major newspapers and two TV [stations] (Asahi, Nikkei, Mainichi, NHK, et al.) were there…Demonstrated live data looked just similar to the data they reported in [the] papers…This showed the method highly reproducible. Arata’s lecture and Q&A were also attractive and active”, said Akito Takahashi, a colleague of Arata.

According to Jed Rothwell, editor of the US site LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reactions), the temperature raised to 70 °C after Arata injected the gas, due to the chemical and nuclear reactions. After the gas was stopped, in the center of the cell the temperature remained fairly warmer than the wall of the cell and lasted for about 50 hours and Arata said that this happened thanks to the nuclear fusion. For the moment, we are waiting for more information and hopefully, Arata’s tests will be successful.