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Science 8 March 2002:
Vol. 295. no. 5561, p. 1850
DOI: 10.1126/science.1070165
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Perspectives

NUCLEAR FUSION:
Evidence for Nuclear Reactions in Imploding Bubbles

F. D. Becchetti

Nuclear fusion powers the Sun, but controlled fusion reactions on Earth usually require large accelerators or large magnetic or laser-implosion devices. In his Perspective, Becchetti highlights the report by Taleyarkhan et al., who provide evidence for fusion reactions in a "table-top" sonoluminescence device. If confirmed, this approach may soon enable researchers to study nuclear fusion and other nuclear reactions with relative ease in their laboratories.

The author is in the Department of Physics, Randall Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. E-mail: fdb{at}umich.edu

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)