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The Rise and Fall of Cold Fusion
The New York Times

October 30, 1990

March 23, 1989: Dr. B. Stanley Pons and Dr. Martin Fleischmann announce room-temperature fusion reaction, promising cheap energy production.

April 10, 1989: Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology say they have duplicated key part of experiment, bolstering claim.

April 13, 1989: Georgia researchers retract report, saying their work was seriously flawed.

April 28, 1989: Scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory and Yale University announce that their experiments have failed to confirm the findings.

May 1, 1989: At a meeting of American Physical Society, scientists from five major institutions announce they have failed to validate claim.

May 9, 1989: Dr. Pons and Dr. Fleischmann assert at another science meeting that they have new evidence for bursts of energy.

May 23, 1989: Scientists at first Federal conference on cold fusion report they have failed to find key byproducts characteristic of fusion reactions.

June 29, 1989: The General Electric Company announces agreement to cooperate with University of Utah on cold fusion research.

July 12, 1989: A Federal panel says prospects of producing energy with cold fusion are so remote that no new Government laboratories should be built to study it.

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