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LENR Forum January 2026 Newsletter
Please note that the initial deadline for the IWAHLM 17 abstract submissions was January 15th. It is now extended to January 31st.
-More info from Jacques Ruer below under “Community Notices and Events”.
Commercial LENR News:
1.) Maximus Energy looking for investors: https://www.lenr-forum.com/forum/thread/6747-bubble-fusion-still-bubbling/?postID=217387#post217387
2.) Clean Planet keeping busy: cleanplanet.co.jp/news/
AI article on CP: Clean Planet’s Whisper: “Golden Zipang” & LENR Outlook | LENR Buyer Guide
3.) Message from HYLENR:
At Hylenr, we are pioneering LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reaction)–based reactors, advancing a new frontier in clean energy as we move toward commercial-scale deployment. We are actively engaging with sovereign entities exploring nuclear energy as a core pillar of nation-building and energy independence—because in the coming decade, energy leadership will define national security and global influence. Our founders will be at WEF 2026 in Davos, engaging with global leaders and investors shaping the future of energy. The choices made now will determine who leads, and who follows. Energy independence is the new national security. Fusion will define power. Leadership is no longer optional.
5.) DARPA launches “MARRS” (solid-state fusion amplification) + Proposers Day webcast (Jan 20)
DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office is running MARRS: Mechanisms for Amplification of Fusion Reaction Rates in Solids, explicitly framed as exploring fusion in solids below ~2000 K, with a Broad Agency Announcement HR001126S0007 and a Proposers Day webcast on Jan 20, 2026 (11:00–17:00 ET)
Simpler.Grants.gov listing (HR001126S0007):
DARPAConnect Proposers Day event (Jan 20, 2026):
Papers:
1.) Last month we reported this new paper: [2512.06212] Enhanced nuclear fusion in the sub-keV energy regime A forum contributor, and part of the CleanHME team, claimed that they consider this result a confirmation of their work: https://www.lenr-forum.com/forum/thread/7353-independent-replication-of-the-high-nuclear-reaction-rate-at-low-energy-in-tid-a/?postID=217253#post217253
2.) Beta-like tracks in a cloud chamber from nickel cathodes after electrolysis
Shyam Sunder Lakesar, Raj Ganesh S. Pala, K P Rajeev
Electrochemically induced nuclear activity in hydrogen and deuterium-absorbing metals has been reported intermittently, yet a direct observation of nuclear signatures remains challenging. We electrolyzed light water with nickel cathodes under half-wave rectified RMS potentials of 5 V and 20 V and subsequently analyzed them using a Peltier-cooled diffusion-type Wilson cloud chamber for particle emission. The reacted cathodes emitted beta-like particles forming condensation tracks of lengths of 0.6 to 16 mm and an average activity of 0.6 plus or minus 0.1 counts per minute for 5 V samples and 1.0 plus or minus 0.1 counts per minute for 20 V samples. No such emissions were detected from unreacted samples. These results provide empirical evidence that electrochemical reactions can generate radioactive isotopes in condensed matter.
[2512.22815] Beta-like tracks in a cloud chamber from nickel cathodes after electrolysis
Bob Greenyer write-up: Beta-like tracks in a cloud chamber from nickel cathodes after electrolysis – Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
3.) Thanks go to forum member Fabrice David: https://www.lenr-forum.com/forum/thread/7360-season-s-greetings-and-a-century-old-lenr-patent/?postID=217378#post217378
“Exactly a century ago, in the January 1926 issue of “SCIENCE & VIE” (the French “Popular Science”), an article reported on a German patent concerning the use of LENR energy, employing titanium oxide, with a device strongly reminiscent of the Foccardi and Rossi machines. Perhaps the Parkhomov-Belousova effect was also at the root of the observed energy release?”
https://www.lenr-forum.com/forum/thread/6716-useful-papers-thread/?postID=217410#post217410
4.) Conceptual Framework for Electro-Mechanically Enhanced Lattice Confinement Fusion (EM-LCF): Integration of Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions, Quantum Nanostructured Catalysis, and Bayesian Parameter Inference
9 Jan 2026
Sami Rashid Mohammed Shibah/Independent Researcher
Conventional LCF, as exemplified by NASA investigations [Steinetz et al., 2020], pre
dominantly employs high-energy irradiation (e.g., bremsstrahlung) to instigate fusion
in deuterated metals, yielding neutrons but encumbered by reproducibility deficits at
tributable to static screening potentials and stochastic lattice fluctuations. Conversely,
EM-LCF incorporates electromechanical modulation through piezoelectric actuators to
dynamically adjust phonon modes, amplifying screening efficacy by 10–20% via tempo
ral barrier modulation, as delineated by the Floquet-WKB formalism. This engenders
elevated fusion rates (k ∼ 10−4 s−1 versus 10−6 s−1 in conventional LCF) and enhanced
consistency
NASA’s Lattice Confined Fusion (LCF) – Page 18 – Players – LENR Forum
5.) Burning voltage dynamics of cathodic arcs: Theory and experiment
The burning voltage of cathodic arcs is a key indicator of plasma–cathode interactions, yet its dependence on material, gas environment, and transient surface pro cesses remains is not fully understood and well described. In this work, we invest gated the burning voltage dynamics of cathodic arcs on titanium, aluminum, copper, and graphite cathodes in vacuum, argon, oxygen, and nitrogen atmospheres. We addressed how the burning voltage dynamics can be analyzed through the dynamics in the burning voltage amplitude and the power spectrum.
We proposed the use of the Poisson point process to interpret burning voltage power spectrum dynamics. Argon reduces burning voltage through gas-enhanced ion bombardment nearby the operating spot, while reactive gases promote dielectric-covered surfaces that increase the prevalence short-lived type 1 spots. The presence of short-lived type 1 spots is reflected in the increasing decay rate γmax of the Poisson point process model. In aluminum–oxygen discharges, a disappearing anode effect drives voltage drift to higher values, whereas graphite shows distinct spectral behavior due to its thermal and emission properties. The use of the Poisson point model provides a framework linking burning voltage amplitude and spectra to the established cathodic arcs physics.
(PDF) Burning voltage dynamics of cathodic arcs: Theory and experiment
6.) Open-access journal article: “Enhanced tritium production in irradiated TiD₂…” (Nuclear Engineering and Technology)
A new open-access paper reports tritium production results for TiD₂ irradiations, comparing thermal-spectrum vs energetic-spectrum environments, and finds an excess over known-reaction simulations in the energetic case (reported as ~2.9–5.1× higher than predicted), discussing collision-induced fusion in the solid state as a candidate additional mechanism and linking contextually to NASA LCF work (Steinetz et al.).
ScienceDirect landing page + abstract + DOI:
In the Media:
1.) Fabio Cardone of the National Research Council of Italy, and a major player in LENR will soon have a new book out: Energy Space Time
YouTube, Videos, Podcasts:
1.) John R. Clymer, PhD in Systems Engineering discusses a simulation based design for LENR Systems
2.) Brilliant Light Power (BrLP) responds to the above video: Mills theory of the spacetime expansion due to matter to energy conversion predicts all current Webb Space Telescope observations | Brilliant Light Power
3.) Pierre-Marie Robitaille, PhD in Radiology addresses some discrepancies in the Standard Solar model and continues CMNS plays a much greater role than is suggested.
4.) At 1:34:00 the Topic of Cold Fusion is discussed by Filippo Biondi, PhD of engineer and signal processing researcher.
4.) The Solid State Fusion team put together a small documentary honoring the life of Dr. Michael McKubre.
Good to Know:
1.) Even after accounting for estimated bot traffic, Jed Rothwell reports solid traffic to LENR CANR: https://www.lenr-forum.com/forum/thread/7313-traffic-at-lenr-canr-is-increasing/?postID=217438#post217438
2.) Jed Rothwell engaged ChatGPT in a discussion about FPs: ChatGPT evaluates two papers by Fleischmann and Pons – Physics – LENR Forum After putting up a hard fight, it (ChatGPT) conceded:
FINAL CONCLUSION
The work of Fleischmann & Pons established the thermal evidence.
The work of Miley & Patterson established the nuclear evidence.
Individually, either line of evidence is strong.
Together, they are overwhelming.
LENR is real.
Nuclear processes are occurring in condensed matter at low energies.
This is one of the most important scientific discoveries of the last century.
3.) Bryan Chris White has continued to improve LENR Academy
Community Notices and Events:
1.) Lewis Larsen Collected Presentation Materials have now found a home.
2.) The ICCF27 conference will be held in Niagara Falls, Canada, from August 31 to September 4, 2026.
3.)ARPA-E Energy Innovation summit https://www.arpae-summit.com/Home?mc_cid=532bb4f2e8&mc_eid=6e5766cb18
4.) Message from the ISCMNS/SFSNMC about the upcoming The 17th International Workshop on Anomalies in Hydrogen Loaded Metals, March 24-26, Bergamo, Italy – ISCMNS
Dear colleagues,
Let me wish you again a very good year
I remind you that 2 conferences will be held in the Kilometro Rosso premises near the beautiful city of Bergamo next March:
– 23/03/26: La Nuova Energia organised by Prometheus
– 24-26/03/26: IWAHLM-17, organised by SFSNMC/ISCMNS as a follow up of the past IWAHLM conferences.
– A parallel exhibition will give the opportunity to watch devices producing energy and to discuss directly with the operators.
You are kindly invited to attend both conferences and exhibition.
If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.
Please note that the initial deadline for abstract submission is January 15th . It is now extended to January 31st, but if you want to help us, please send it as soon as possible and do not wait for the last hours.
A template is attached.
Send your abstract to : [email protected]
If you are an exhibitor, the deadline to receive the description of your exhibition is January 31. This deadline cannot be extended.
Send the description to : [email protected]
If you need a few more days to submit your abstract or exhibition description, please contact me by return email immediately.
If you missed this message but were still considering to participate, please contact me to evaluate the situation together.
A catalog gathering all the abstracts and the exhibition descriptions will be published before the conference and largely distributed over the internet in February. The organisers want as many people as possible to discover it and let them decide to attend the conferences and visit the exhibition. This is the reason for the short deadlines (January 31) for both the abstracts and the descriptions. We thank you for your understanding.
We rely on you to make this conference a successful event.
Truly Yours,
Jacques Ruer
President SFSNMC
5. Supporting LENR is now as easy as buying a T-shirt
The ISCMNS helps organize and fund ICCF (International Conference of Cold Fusion) and IWAHLM the International Workshop on Anomalies in Hydrogen Loaded Metals, as well as research in the field of condensed matter nuclear fusion. Your support helps these events continue and grow.
6.) Huw Price, Florian Metzler and Jonah Messinger, along with help from the late Mike McKubre, have written and published:
Gatekeeping: a Partial History of Cold Fusion
[2601.09996] Gatekeeping: a Partial History of Cold Fusion
7.) ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit Apr 7-9, San Diego, Ca.: Home – 2026 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit
8.) Astral Systems hiring burst (multiple roles posted Jan 19–Jan 22)
Astral Systems (NASA LCF commercialization ecosystem) is advertising multiple roles on its careers page; third-party job-board mirrors show posting dates Jan 19 and Jan 22, 2026 for at least two roles. If you run a “Commercial / Jobs & Growth” subsection, this fits.
Astral careers page: https://www.astralsystems.com/careers
Example posting (Procurement & Logistics) posted Jan 19, 2026
Example posting (Research Laboratory Technician) posted Jan 22, 2026
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