Purdue panel completes review of nuclear engineer

June 20th, 2006

(AP) -- A panel appointed to review allegations that a Purdue University nuclear engineer interfered with efforts to verify his claims of producing "tabletop fusion" has completed its work, school officials said Tuesday.

Content from The Associated Press expires 15 days after original publication date. For more information about The Associated Press, please visit www.ap.org .

Similar stories from PHYSorg:

Purdue scientist defends his fusion work

Mar 09, 2006 | 3.9 / 5 (18) | 0

Purdue to continue review of 'bubble fusion' research

May 11, 2007 | 3.9 / 5 (15) | 1

Purdue refutes report on college reactors

Oct 15, 2005 | not rated yet | 0

Sonofusion Experiment Produces Results Without External Neutron Source

Jan 27, 2006 | 4.8 / 5 (189) | 0

Controls engineer wins NSF CAREER Award to advance the viability of nuclear fusion

Mar 21, 2007 | 3.9 / 5 (15) | 0

rank
1
2
3
4
5

4.3/5 after 22 votes

Other News

Transform a ball into a rock -- or make it invisible -- using transformation optics

Physics / General Physics

10 hours ago | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Science fiction and fantasy tales are full of the ability to "cloak" characters with invisibility. Whether it is a spaceship with a cloaking device, or a young wizard with an invisibility ...

Physicists take first step towards super-fast search algorithms for quantum computers

Physics / General Physics

6 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

When you toss a coin, you either get heads or tails. By contrast, things are not so definite at the microcosmic level. An atomic 'coin' can display a superposition of heads and tails when it has been thrown. However, this ...

Simulations Illuminate Universe's First Twin Stars (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

4 hours ago | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The earliest stars in the universe formed not only as individuals, but sometimes also as twins, according to a paper published today in Science Express. By creating robust simulations of the ...

Physical reality of string theory demonstrated

Physics / General Physics

Jul 06, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (49) | 38

String theory has come under fire in recent years. Promises have been made that have not been lived up to. Leiden (The Netherlands) theoretical physicists have now for the first time used string theory to describe a physical ...