Expedited Award for Novel Research: Selective Adsorption of Heavy Water on Palladium-Coated Active Carbon: Testing for Possible Cold-Fusion Phenomena

研究者在吸附分离方面的早期工作 导致异常结果，包括 无法解释的重水选择性常数 通过已知的物理或化学吸附方法。 基于 关于冷聚变可能观测的报告， 研究人员将重复先前的实验， 核过程的证据来解释结果。 在这个奖项颁发的时候，关于冷聚变的报道是非常重要的。 有争议的;这种可能性仍然不能排除， 然而. 这个项目代表了一种创新的 试图证实冷聚变的可能性， 如果它是真实的的话，可能的替代途径来利用它。

Earlier work by the investigator on the adsorptive separation of heavy water lead to anomalous results, including selectivity constants for heavy water which are unexplainable by known physical or chemical adsorption processes. Based on reports of possible observations of cold fusion, the investigator will repeat the earlier experiments looking for evidence of a nuclear process to explain the results. At the time of this award, reports of cold fusion are highly controversial; the possibility still cannot be ruled-out, however. This project represents, then, both an innovative attempt to confirm the possibility of cold fusion and a possible alternate route to exploiting it if it is real.