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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. That's one.. by ChronoZ · · Score: -1, Troll

    ..but how many more physicists out there could be falsifying results, data, etc.?

  2. Re:I would conclude... by geek · · Score: 0, Troll

    boy are you naive

  3. "Results that Contradict Known Physics..." by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In the executive summary, the charges are grouped into the following: substitution of data; unrealistic precision of data; and results that contradict known physics.

    By this final standard, Einstein would have been brought up on charges too!