In 2002, while a senior scientist at ORNL, Taleyarkhan published a paper on fusion achieved by bombarding a container of liquid solvent with strong ultrasonic vibrations, a process known as sonofusion or bubble fusion.
In 2002, during his tenure as a senior scientist at ORNL, Taleyarkhan wrote an article about achieving nuclear fusion through the application of ultrasonic waves to create bubbles in a solvent, a method referred to as sonofusion or bubble fusion.