April 6, 2007

U.S. House Panel Reviews Research-Misconduct Investigation at Purdue

By ERIK VANCE

In an official request for documents from Purdue University, a U.S. House of Representatives committee has questioned the credibility of the university's investigation into research misconduct by one of its scientists.

In March 2006, Purdue's administration hastily put together a committee to look into the research of Rusi P. Taleyarkhan, a professor of nuclear engineering. The thrust of the inquiry was not to determine whether Mr. Taleyarkhan had achieved bubble fusion, which he

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