Report: Superconductivity researcher found to have committed misconduct

Details of what the University of Rochester investigation found are not available.

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i always wonder what the endgame for people like this is.

like a) if you're promising an earth shattering, commercializable breakthrough, it will be scrutinized. do you honestly think that your forged data will withstand scrutiny and recreation attempts? if you don't think your forgery will stay up, what on earth is your exit strategy? and b) lordy the grad student co-authors of your paper know that you bought the material, and they know what the data actually is. what on earth did you think was going to happen when you lie so blatantly??

I suspect in cases like this they have the faith that there IS something there, and fudge the numbers to show what they think the reality is.

 

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The lack of a full reveal is doing the man a favor, not a disservice.

If this means his career is over, then it "the lack of a full reveal" cant be doing him a favor.

edited for clarity.