"In the field of cold fusion, having a laboratory rat ["lab rat"] upon which to try a few ideas, tweaks, changes, and the like, has been shown to be a good thing, in both aqueous and dry systems.   In dry CF/LANR systems, the lab rat is the NANOR^®-type preloaded system [shown in open demonstration for several months at MIT in 2012 (IAP Course on CF)].  

 We previously used dry preloaded NANOR^®-type CF/LANR components [1] to investigate material science [2-6] and radiation physics [4,5] of active cold fusion systems; and demonstrated several electrical transconduction states, of which only one which is desired and active producing “excess heat” [3]. 

Our efforts created R&D results which have wrought information which has taught all of us to better understand these CF components, their physics, and their lattice properties. Therefore, our focus today continues to be on improving the efficiency and production rate of these unique preloaded components."

1. Swartz, M. G. Verner, J. Tolleson, P. Hagelstein, Dry, preloaded NANOR^®-type CF/LANR components, Current Science, 108, 4, 595 (2015); http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/108/04/0595.pdf
2. Swartz M. R., Hagelstein P.I., Demonstration of Energy Gain from a Preloaded ZrO2–PdD Nanostructured CF/LANR Quantum Electronic Device at MIT, J. Cond.Matter Nucl. Sci. 13, (2014), 516 www.iscmns.org/CMNS/JCMNS-Vol13.pdf
3. Swartz,  M.R.  P.  Hagelstein, G. Verner, Impact of Electrical Avalanche Through a ZrO2-NiD Nanostructured CF/LANR Component on its Incremental Excess Power Gain", ICCF-19, JCMNS, 19, (2016)
4. Swartz  M., Incremental High Energy Emission from a ZrO2–PdD Nanostructured Quantum Electronic Component CF/LANR, J. Cond. Matter Nucl. Sci. 15, 2015, 92; www.iscmns.org/CMNS/JCMNS-Vol15.pdf
5. Swartz M., Verner, G., et al., Imaging of an Active NANOR®-type LANR Component using CR-39, J. Condensed Matter Nucl. Sci. 15, (2015), p 81; www.iscmns.org/CMNS/JCMNS-Vol15.pdf
6. Swartz, M. "Detection of Phonon Gain from a NANOR®-type CF Component" (2016, in preparation and review)

       Dr. Mitchell R. Swartz