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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. Re:Questionable by Dixie_Flatline · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    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. :)