Bubble fusion claim by Taleyarkhan is under question.

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Concerns have emerged regarding researcher Taleyarkhan's conduct at Purdue University since 2004, with allegations of misrepresenting experimental results and removing equipment from shared labs. An upcoming analysis by physicist Brian Naranjo from UCLA will challenge Taleyarkhan's claims of achieving nuclear fusion, suggesting the reported spectrum is due to radioactive decay instead. The ongoing discourse highlights frustrations within the scientific community about the integrity of research and the implications of such controversies. The impact of these reports raises questions about public perception of mainstream science. Continued scrutiny and questioning of established scientific ideas remain essential for progress.
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If you miss the news report in the March 9th issue of Nature, you may want to read it.

Interviews with researchers who have worked closely with Taleyarkhan at Purdue reveal concerns about his actions since he arrived there full-time in 2004. The steps he has taken, they say, include claiming he obtained positive results from equipment on which they had seen only negative data, and removing the equipment from their lab altogether.

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And physicist Brian Naranjo of the University of California, Los Angeles, has completed an analysis that he plans to post later this week on arXiv. It suggests that the spectrum reported in Taleyarkhan's latest paper as proof of nuclear fusion came instead from the radioactive decay of a standard lab material.

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Such reports only have a negative effect, people like me read these things
and think, what are these main stream guys doing? i for one have given up
questioning the basic ideas of science, but i will be a pain the ass and keep
questioning you guys, sorry.
 
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