Welcome to ReResearch

ReResearch LLC was an institute dedicated to exploring alternative approaches to nuclear fusion. While we applaud the international efforts to pursue thermonuclear fusion programs, such as ITER, every plausible fusion pathway must be explored.

Current research is focused on nuclear interactions in the solid state, designed to avoid the fundamental thermodynamic problems associated with fusion interactions that are not in thermodynamic equilibrium. This work is being done through our sister company Thunderchild Fusion LLC.

History

Founded in 2010, the first research program ran from 2010-2016 and conducted fundamental research investigating recent claims (cited in the references at the end of this paper) of replication of earlier ‘cold fusion’ or ‘Low Energy Nuclear Reactions’ (LENR). Over a six-year research effort, our group studied one of the most cited experiments in the field as well as performing original work using modern semiconductor methods.

Although our experiments exhibited the same ‘anomalous heat’ phenomenon (similar in magnitude and duration) reported in prior LENR research, we found that calorimeter instability over long-duration experiments explained the results.

In a separate set of experiments, evidence of low-level nuclear products was also observed by our team and was explained by an insufficient screening of the detector electronics.

We believe that a disciplined research approach is critical in performing any scientific research, but this is particularly true when the stakes are high. We would encourage anyone interested in undertaking research in this field to consider the points raised in our papers carefully.

Papers

A summary paper outlining our prior research activity can be downloaded here and, we think, gives some useful lessons in experimental discipline.

The Institute performed the research at our own laboratories in Hawthorne California and at research facilities contracted from UCLA and the CRANN Institute at Trinity College Dublin.

Current Work

While nuclear reactions have been studied in plasma for over 70 years, less work has been done on aneutronic fusion in the solid state.

Given the vast improvement in fabrication and metrology in this domain, we believe this area merits further investigation. Thunderchildfusion has been founded to pursue this work.