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By Robert Service
Science

Friday, September 5, 2008

Rusi Taleyarkhan, the Purdue University nuclear engineer deemed guilty of research misconduct, isn't going quietly. Last week, Purdue stripped him of his named professorship. Now, Taleyarkhan and his attorney are considering filing a grievance with Purdue, a lawsuit against the school, or both. "The process and the manner in which Purdue has carried itself . is testimony for the need to resort to the court system," Taleyarkhan wrote in an e-mail to Science. In 2002, Taleyarkhan and colleagues reported that a tabletop device generated nuclear fusion inside collapsing bubbles. But in July, an investigation organized by Purdue concluded that later reports aimed at replicating the work involved research misconduct. Taleyarkhan's attorney says the scientist will continue to investigate bubble fusion.

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