College accuses fusion scientist of misconduct

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A scientist who claimed to have achieved nuclear fusion on a table top committed research misconduct, Purdue University said on Friday.

An investigative committee concluded that two allegations against nuclear engineering professor Rusi Taleyarkhan constituted research misconduct -- not in his controversial original research but afterward, the university said.

Taleyarkhan is known for claiming to have produced "cold fusion" using sound waves to make bubbles in a table-top device. He published a study in 2002 saying he had achieved the Holy Grail of energy production: nuclear fusion at room temperature.

The investigative committee concluded that Taleyarkhan committed misconduct by claiming in published research that his nuclear fusion experiment had been independently confirmed by other researchers."

If it walks like the cold fusion scam, and quacks like the cold fusion scam......

http://uk.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUKN1844506820080718

as it was for fission, lie, obfuscate and when that doesn't work anymore start calling everyone idiots and start telling the same lies again. The whole nuclear industry has been mired in half truths and outright bullshit for as long as I can remember. But thats just my observation mind you.

For what little I know about fusion it sounds like it has lots of promise, can it deliver is my question though.

So your observation is astute. Always look for the cracks in the story.