Summary

At MIT, we are investigating low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR) through a program supported by the US Department of Energy’s innovation agency ARPA-E. Our aim is to rigorously test whether anomalous results reported over the past several decades—such as excess heat, neutron emission, and changes in isotopic composition—can be reproduced and understood within established physics principles. Our work combines carefully controlled experiments with theoretical models that account for solid-state environments often overlooked in conventional fusion theory. This effort builds on previous research while applying current standards of documentation, reproducibility, and scientific scrutiny.

On this website, you can explore our experimental capabilities and team members. If you have any questions, please get in contact.

More details

The ARPA-E LENR program that we participate in is focused on investigating experimental anomalies that have been reported from different low-energy stimulated metal-hydrogen systems. From our teams perspective, many of the reported anomalies are consistent with known quantum effects such as non-radiative excitation transfer and Dicke enhancement applied to nuclei. This has enabled comprehensive theoretical modelling of the reported effects and opens the door to systematic technology development.

We have published comprehensive models that connect with experimental reports (see [1,2]) and we have a dedicated website that focuses on the development of these theoretical ideas, corresponding codes, and the technologies that may result from them. Because these principles imply the precise control of nuclear states and nuclear orbitals — analogous to the precise control of atomic states and electron orbitals that has been gained in the course of the 20th century — we refer to this new field as nucleonics.

In short: to find out more about our experimental work, the diagnostics and experimental capabilities we are developing to probe anomaly reports in metal-hydrogen samples, enjoy exploring this website. If you would like to learn more about corresponding theoretical ideas and codes, please check out nucleonics.org.