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Bell Labs fires Hendrik Schon for Data Falsification

Posted by chrisd on from the 1-down-118-to-go dept.

Raiford writes "Bell Labs has fired physicist Hendrik Schon for falsifying scientific data. Schon was thought to be a likely candidate for the Nobel prize based on the promise his reported research findings had for the advancement of molecular scale computing. In a Reuters report the dismissal was described as the only conclusive case of scientific misconduct ever identified in the history of the prestigious laboratory."

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  1. and who caught him? by edrugtrader · · Score: 4, Funny

    engineer-in-a-box 2.0....

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  2. Re: The system works? by Black+Parrot · · Score: 4, Funny


    > I think because that type of forgery has a huge impact on their bottom line. I mean they were spending millions on what this guys claimed, and would have spent millions more. ... Fraud of this scale is reprehensible. Plus I'm sure they want to make sure he never works again.

    Shouldn't they hope he goes to work with their competitors?

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  3. My favorite quote from the Reuters article... by Tsar · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...his work led to speculation by some peers that he could one day be nominated for a Nobel Prize, a high honor."

    Glad they specified that. Otherwise, I might have thought they were referring to some other Nobel prize, like maybe the Gertrude P. Nobel Prize in Experimental Cosmetology.