Vice Chancellor Rob Duncan shares scientific expertise on 60 Minutes
Two decades after the first experiments in the nuclear-energy technology known as cold fusion were presented and then dismissed, scientists around the world continue the research and claim to be on the path to generating clean, renewable, inexpensive energy.
The award-winning CBS television news magazine show 60 Minutes recently reported on the trend in “Cold Fusion is Hot Again,” a piece that aired Sunday, April 19. For expert advice, 60 Minutes turned to Mizzou’s own Vice Chancellor Rob Duncan.
Vice Chancellor Rob Duncan leads a panel discussion about energy infrastructure during the Missouri Energy Summit. Photo by Shane Epping.
“With so many open questions, 60 Minutes wanted to find out whether cold fusion is more than a tempest in a teapot,” correspondent Scott Pelley said. “So 60 Minutes asked the American Physical Society, the top physics organization in America, to recommend an independent scientist. They gave us Rob Duncan, vice chancellor of research at the University of Missouri and an expert in measuring energy.”
Duncan traveled to Israel to evaluate the work being done at the lab Energetics Technologies. What did he conclude? Watch the full report.
Want to learn more? Hear Duncan speak this week during the University of Missouri System’s Missouri Energy Summit.
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