Anton,

I was at the NO-VE conference on Neutrino Oscillations in Venice last December.

That was less than a year ago.

The 1st serious difficulty that Fowler noted in the most basic concepts of nuclear astrophysics,

1. “On square one the solar neutrino problem is still with us (…), indicating that we do not even understand how our own star really works”,

was clearly not "pretty well resolved" then !

I was at the conference on Nuclei in the Cosmos in Vancouver, BC this summer.

That was less than three months ago.

The 2nd serious difficulty that Fowler noted in the most basic concepts of nuclear astrophysics,

2. “On square two we still cannot show in the laboratory and in theoretical calculations why the ratio of oxygen to carbon in the Sun and similar stars is close to two to one (…)",

was the main concern of many papers, clearly not "pretty well resolved" !

With kind regards,

Oliver
http://www.umr.edu/~om