On Tuesday 17 October 2006 02:48, Steven Krivit wrote: > Emacs! > > > Your best source for news and information on low energy nuclear reactions > > October 16, 2006 > > > Lefteri Tsoukalas has resigned as head of the School of Nuclear Engineering > today, according to Purdue spokeswoman Jeanne Norberg. Tsoukalas remains on > staff at Purdue, Norberg said. > > Tsoukalas was one of the two named accusers who made > <http://newenergytimes.com/Inthenews/2006/NATUREBubbleFusionSimplyHotAir.ht >m>cutting remarks against physicist Rusi Taleyarkhan to journalist Eugenie > Samuel Reich, writing for Nature. > > Exact details of the reason for Tsoukalas' resignation and to what extent > it pertains to the Taleyarkhan matter are not known. A source who wishes to > remain anonymous indicated that Purdue's policy of handling internal > complaints may have been violated. > > Taleyarkhan is one of the world's leading researchers on bubble fusion, an > experimental investigation into energy research that Taleyarkhan considers > a possible alternative to the large, costly and more-accepted forms of > conventional fusion research as well as a possible alternative to fossil > fuels. > > Nature hastily published a series of > <http://newenergytimes.com/news/2006/MediaTrackOfThePurdueBubbleFusionStory >.htm>four articles on March 8 that appeared to be an attack and an effort to > <http://newenergytimes.com/Inthenews/2006/NATURESilencingTheHype.htm>silenc >e the work of Taleyarkhan. He has been working for months since the > publication to respond to the attacks on his work and character. > > The articles, which could have destroyed Taleyarkhan's career, were > published in Nature's news section before the alleged scientific evidence > against his work was published in the scientific literature. One of the > articles was titled "Silencing the Hype," which displayed an intolerance > for new science as well as a breakdown in the relationship between science > and science journalism. > > On Oct. 6, Physical Review Letters published the alleged evidence from Seth > Putterman's colleague Brian Naranjo, both of UCLA, and Taleyarkhan's > successful > rebuttal. (<http://newenergytimes.com/news/2006/NET18.htm#bubble>Related > story) > > On a related matter, Brian Josephson of Cambridge, a 1973 Nobel prize > winner in physics, is questioning whether Nature has violated journalism > ethics as outlined by the United Kingdom Press Complaints Commission. > Specifically, Josephson questions whether Nature published "inaccurate, > misleading or distorted information" and whether Nature failed, once the > facts were brought to its attention, to publish a "correction, promptly and > with due prominence, and -where appropriate - an apology."
Finally some justice for Rusi. IMHO with so many fusion experiments closing in on break even, and one Z-pinch type experiment obtaining 300 x(10^6) deg K. for several seconds generating 200,000 amps of energy, the day draws near when fusion will be a reality. Standing Bear
