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Purdue reprimands fusion scientist for misconduct

Purdue University on Wednesday reprimanded a scientist who has been accused of falsifying claims he produced nuclear fusion in tabletop experiments.

Nuclear Engineer Punished for Research Misconduct

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Dark matter and normal matter 'divorce' in cosmic clash

Hot gas (shown in pink) in two merging galaxy clusters slowed down after impact, but their dark matter (blue) continued on unimpeded. Astronomers made this map of the clusters' matter distribution by studying how their mass gravitationally distorted light from background galaxies (Image: NASA/ESA/CXC/M Bradac/UCSB/S Allen/Stanford)

JOURNAL NATURE: Scientists find gene for rare and deadly childhood cancer

Several companies already are working on drugs that target this gene, which causes most inherited forms of neuroblastoma, a rare and deadly form of childhood cancer.

Sticks And Stones: A New Study On Social And Physical Pain

We all know the famous saying: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” but is this proverb actually true?

Purdue Reprimands Fusion Scientist For Misconduct

(AP) Purdue University on Wednesday reprimanded a scientist who has been accused of falsifying claims he produced nuclear fusion in tabletop experiments.

Scientists reveal effects of quantum 'traffic jam' in high-temperature superconductors

This image shows two states of a cuprate high-temperature superconductor simultaneously: Each circle represents the two electrons of a Cooper pair which exist at relatively low energy and can carry current with no resistance. In this image the superc ...

Powerful Cosmic Collision Creates Divorce of Matter

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory show dark matter from each cluster appearing to pass through the cosmic mess unscathed, leaving ordinary matter behind in the galactic pileup.

Purdue reprimands fusion scientist for misconduct

made headlines in 2002 when he published a paper in the journal Science claiming that he had produced nuclear fusion, long sought as an energy source by scientists, by making tiny bubbles collapse in a liquid.

Quantum 'traffic jam' in high-temperature superconductors may point to new materials

George A. Jeffrey NanoExplorers NanoTech Institute is a finalist in the 8th annual Tech Titans Awards

Mars Rover Hi-Tails It Out of Crater

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Researchers Find Oldest Gecko Fossil Ever Discovered

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Purdue University reprimands fusion scientist for misconduct

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Researchers discover fossilized pregnant turtle

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PHOTOS: "Pristine" Reefs Part of Planned Marine Reserve

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Particle Sciences Develops Zero-Order-Release Combination Device Technology

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Purdue reprimands fusion scientist for misconduct

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Rohm and Haas Introduces New EnlightTM Photovoltaic Products at European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference

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Two space shuttle missions have been postponed including the final repair to the Hubble Space Telescope.

Two space shuttle missions have been postponed including the final repair to the Hubble Space Telescope.

AMS Releases Second Report on the 2007 Survey of the Mathematical Sciences

The Annual Survey of the Mathematical Sciences compiles information about degree recipients, departments, faculties, and students in the mathematical sciences at four-year colleges. The Second Report on the 2007 Survey, published in the August Notices of the AMS, highlights new doctoral recipients and provides data on starting salaries and other employment information.

Babies can recognise emotion in faces

Babies as young as four months are able to recognise emotions in people's faces, according to a new study.

Women and property are the cause of male aggression

The hunger for women, along with property, are blamed for the evolution of belligerence and bravery by a study of the mathematics of warfare.

Scientists Learn How Nemo Finds His Way Home

The orange clownfish (Amphiprion percula) swimming by a sea anemone at Kimbe Island, Papua New Guinea. Credit: Simon Thorrold

U.S. Mars rover Opportunity climbing out of big crater

SAN JOSE, the United States, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is heading back out to the Red Planet's surrounding plains nearly a year after descending into a large Martian crater to examine exposed ancient rock layers.

Mars Rover Opportunity Climbing out of Victoria Crater

This 180-degree panorama shows the southward vista from the location where Spirit is spending its third Martian winter inside Mars Gusev Crater.