http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/06/brian-ahern-getting-8-watts-in-low.html 

LENR details to be revealed December 7th
November 18, 2011
 
http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/11/lenr-cold-fusion-nano-magnetism.html 
 
“Ahern was the U.S. Air Force’s expert on nano-materials. Ahern has discovered the LENR phenomenon is occurring on the nanoscale and involves a formerly misunderstood and rarely explored attribute of nano-magnetism.Nextbigfuture has been in correspondence with Brian Ahern for a few years. I believe that his work is thorough and precise. I have a lot of unpublished background material on Brian Ahern’s research. I will be able to publish part of that on December 7th as well as having full coverage of Brian Ahern’s presentation.

He has replicated Arata and earlier Piantelli/Rossi work and other systems.”

Amplification of energetic reactions

http://www.sumobrain.com/patents/wipo/Amplification-energetic-reactions/WO2011123338.html 

[0021 ] Nanoscale metal particles that dissolve hydrogen isotopes canpromote nuclear reactions under near equilibrium conditions. The reaction rates are greatly enhanced by the addition of localized energy input,which can include, for example, dielectric discharges, terahertzelectromagnetic radiation or ultrasonic energy beyond a specificthreshold. [0022] Useful energy production can be obtained when deuterated/hydratednanoparticles suspended in a dielectric medium are positioned interior tocollapsing bubbles or dielectric discharges and their attendant shockwaves. Highly self- focused shock waves have a sufficiently high energydensity to induce a range of energetic reactions. [0023] Certain nanopowders of metal or metal alloys are incipiently activesites for energy release. Adding nanoparticles to the water greatlyincreases energetic reaction rates as the nanoparticles focus ultrasonicshock wave energy onto particles that are incipiently prepared to react.The focusing of shock energy is maximized by having very small particlesinside the collapsing shock wave at millions of locations in a liquefiedreaction zone. [0024] Ultrasonic amplification may have usefulness, but it is inferior toarc discharges through nanocomposite solids due to a process called the”inverse skin effect.” In ordinary metals, a rapid pulse of currentremains close to an outer surface in a process referred to as the “skineffect.” Typically, the electric current pulses flow on the outer surfaceof a conductor. Discharges through a dielectric embedded with metallicparticles behave very differently. The nanoparticles act as a series ofshort circuit elements that confine the breakdown currents to very, verysmall internal discharge pathways. This inverse skin effect can have greatimplications for energy densification in composite materials. Energeticreactions described fully herein are amplified by an inverse skin effect.These very small discharge pathways are so narrow that the magnetic fieldsclose to them are amplified to magnitudes unachievable by other methods. [0025] Distributing nanoparticles in a dielectric (ceramic) matrix betweentwo high voltage electrodes is a method according to the principles of thepresent invention for amplifying an energy output from thehydrated/deuterated metal nanoparticles in the dielectric matrix. Highvoltage pulses cause arc formations. The arc formations focus energy andthe arc formations are channeled from one macroscopic grain to anothermacroscopic grain. Once a discharge is interior to a macroscopic grain thepulse is further focused into nanoparticles along the lowest impedancepathway. The arcs interior to the grains are where the energetic reactionsare maximized. [0026] The nanoparticles provide a constellation of short circuitingelements for each current pulse. Each succeeding pulse finds a differentpathway that minimizes the impedance between two electrodes. Anoverpressure of hydrogen is needed to prevent discharges from sliding overa surface of the macroscopic grains rather than through the grains andthereby through the hydrated nanoparticles. Low pressure hydrogen gasfavors surface discharging.