The International Society for Condensed Matter Nuclear Science
About
The International Society for Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (ISCMNS) was founded over 20 years ago, mainly on the initiative of the late Dr. Bill Collis. The ISCMNS was founded to promote and support the field of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR).
The society publishes the Journal of Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (JCMNS), hosts the International Workshop on Anomalies in Hydrogen and Deuterium Loaded Metals (IWAHLM), and undertakes a supporting role in the organisation of the International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (ICCF). In addition, the society awards the Minoru Toyoda Gold Medal, the Giuliano Preparata Medal, and the Bronze Medal for excellence in cold fusion research.
We are proudly mutually affiliated with our sister societies, the Société Française de la Science Nucléaire dans la Matière Condensée (SFSNMC) and the Japanese Cold Fusion Research Society (JCF).
To learn more about upcoming conferences and workshops, please click here.
For a brief introduction to the field, view the 60 Minutes Special on LENR research. To learn more about the science of LENR, please browse the introductory resources available below.
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Dr. Yasuhiro Iwamura, a member of the society’s Scientific Committee, presents at ICCF-21
Who Studies CMNS?
Groups at a number of universities and institutions around the world
actively sponsor and study condensed matter nuclear science.
Some of these include:
Introducing Cold Fusion
CMNS on 60 Minutes
In 2009, Scott Pelley and 60 Minutes reported on renewed interest in the field of Condensed Matter Nuclear Science. Pelley covers the history of the field, its controversy and its potential as a clean energy source. The program features interviews with Dr. Mike McKubre of SRI International, Dr. Rob Duncan, then Vice Chancellor of Research at the University of Missouri, Dr. Richard Garwin and others.
Research Spotlight
CleanHME
In this presentation, filmed at the University of Szczecin in Poland, Dr. Konrad Czerski and his group discuss their work as part of CleanHME, a multi laboratory program funded under the EU's Horizon2020 framework program. Czerski's group is focussed on studying D+D reactions in accelerator experiments using metal targets at low energies.
Introductory Lectures
“Cold Fusion - Real But Is It Ready?”, Prof. Peter Hagelstein, MIT Club of NC, 2017
In this talk given at the MIT Club of Northern California, MIT Professor Peter Hagelstein traces the early history of cold fusion and highlights important results. Following this, he reviews theoretical issues and presents his model of the cold fusion reaction. Dr. Hagelstein is a principal investigator in the Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) and an associate professor at MIT. He received a BS and MS degree in 1976, and his PhD in 1981, all from MIT. He was a staff member of LLNL from 1981 to 1985 before joining the MIT faculty in 1986. Hagelstein received the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award in 1984. In 1989 he began investigating cold fusion and has written more than 50 papers on the topic. Hagelstein is the co-author of the textbook Applied Quantum and Statistical Mechanics.
”Solid-State Fusion as an Emerging Field: Past & Present”, Dr. Florian Metzler, ICCF-25, 2023
Much of nuclear science and engineering treats nuclear reactions rates (often associated with the notion of cross sections) as given and essentially immutable. However, different mechanisms are known through which nuclear reaction rates can be manipulated to yield more desirable outcomes such as an enhancement of fusion rates or an acceleration of decay. In this lecture, Dr. Florian Metzler of MIT reviews the history of cold fusion, discusses key experimental observations, and advances an understanding of cold fusion as a coherent quantum process. Metzler reflects on the history of semiconductor development, and offers parallels between the current state of cold fusion research and the early history of semiconductors.