This story is almost year old and maybe others have already seen these articles but until today I wasn't aware that Science and Nature wrote about it.
Italian Government Slams Brakes on 'Piezonuclear' Fission http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/06/italian-government-slams-brakes-.html?ref=hp Italian scientists win battle to halt controversial research http://www.nature.com/news/italian-scientists-win-battle-to-halt-controversial-research-1.10823 Harry
