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Indian Scientist Reprimanded

Purdue University has reprimanded an Indian-born scientist for false claims regarding his research on nuclear fusion in tabletop experiments.

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Purdue University has reprimanded an Indian-born scientist for false claims regarding his research on nuclear fusion in tabletop experiments.

 
In 2002, Rusi Taleyarkhan made international headlines with a study, published in the journal Science, in which he claimed to have produced nuclear fusion by making tiny bubbles collapse in a liquid.

The university said he had falsely represented that his "bubble fusion" findings had been independently replicated. He was stripped of his named professorship and is barred from serving as a major professor for graduate students for at least three years.

Taleyarkhan disputes the charges and has accused the university of railroading him. 

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Odds & Ends | Magazine | October 2008

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