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Purdue University to Investigate Fusion Study

Purdue University has opened an investigation into "extremely serious" concerns regarding the research of a professor who said he had produced nuclear fusion in a tabletop experiment, the university announced yesterday.

Fusion is the process the sun uses to produce heat and light, and scientists led by Rusi P. Taleyarkhan, a professor of nuclear engineering at Purdue, said they were able to achieve the same feat by blasting a container of liquid solvent with strong ultrasonic vibrations.

By KENNETH CHANG

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/08/science/08fusion.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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