Bell Labs fires Hendrik Schon for Data Falsification

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."

Comments

ah open source and science

[SirSlud]

checks and balances huh. good thing companies are working desperately to keep that bullshit out of computer security!

Re:Twist of Fate... (OT)

[SirSlud]

but what about the submitters who read about Google and /. now being indundated with submission sluts happily submitting from their newfound well of articles? I'm putting my money on them. :P

In a MORE ironic twist... (and even more offtopic)

[mythosaz]

The Rendezvous story on Google now has Slashdot as the top article, which of course, is amusing in it's own right, since the Slashdot story is a pointer to the PR Newswire story.

The more advanced Google's news page becomes, the less useful /.'s "news" is going to be. I mean, /. isn't groundbreaking journalism and exclusives. It's links to other people's stories for God's sake, but the hit-refresh-for-a-new-story crowd is going to find they've read all the "news" on Google already.

So much for Alex Graham Bell

[Anonymous Coward]

While we're on this topic, we shouldn't forget the founder of Bell Labs... Alexander Graham Bell. When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, it was an invention that transformed the world forever.

What we also know is that the telephone led to the development of the radio. A lot of us here on Slashdot have grown up on the radio. Now, radio in its latest (and coolest) incarnation, Internet Radio, is threatened by the RIAA. How sad it is that such a remarkable invention is being put aside because of money and profits.

But we can do something to reverse this. You can send a fax to Congress about the Internet Radio Fairness Act, which aims to save Internet Radio. You can send the fax and read more about the Act at Voice of Webcasters.

Re:classic 1) 2) ??? 3) PROFIT!

[Kashif Shaikh]

Karma monger...the 1,2,3,profit! technique is getting old

Re:Lucent has been sinking for years

[porkface]

Offtopic my ass. This is a statement from someone who worked there who is giving testimony to what may have caused this.

Re:Questionable

[Dixie_Flatline]

I've been trying to translate your sig, but I admit that my latin training is quite rusty. However, I'm reading it as:

There are 4 things in this world that are sacred: books, children, liberty and courtesy.

Am I right? This is with the aid of an online dictionary, and my vague knowledge of declensions. :)

Re:MISCONDUCT

[saintan]

don't forget the punching out of the man's tophat, there's nothing more shameful than a tophat with the top punched out...