(AP) -- A Purdue University panel that reviewed misconduct allegations against a scientist who claims he produced "tabletop fusion" has concluded that "several matters merit further investigation."
...The panel's report of its work has been turned over to the Office of
Naval Research, which financed some of Taleyarkhan's work, Bennett
said. The university began its latest review at the direction of the
ONR.
Purdue announced its most recent inquiry of his work in May,
three months after an internal inquiry found no evidence that
Taleyarkhan had engaged in research misconduct...
Full story: Taleyarkhan
Comments from the PhysOrgForum:
Googleplex writes: Quote:
"He has come under fire since then because other scientists have tried without success to reproduce his fusion work."
Why not have him set up his experiment and show the other scientists? Then walk them through setting up a duplicate experiment.
This article lacks depth.
There is plenty of talk on-line about how to set up the Sonoluminescence
experiment, how was his experiment different? I recall that he was
able to detect a fusion footprint with his rig. Others dismissed the
fusion footprint being due to detection eqiupment
malfunction/background radiation/mistakes. How did the Review Panel
address this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoluminescence
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Marjorie Mazel Hecht writes: This case continues to be a witch-hunt against Taleyarkhan, based on
national security classification efforts. For more on this story, see
the editorial in the current issue of 21st Century Science &
Technology magazine, "Taleyarkhan and the Pugwash Mafia."
