Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id BAA12254 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sun, 14 Apr 2002 01:26:27 +0100 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 20:20:23 -0400 Subject: Re: media violence report in Science Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.0.20020413194100.00a90d30@mail.clarityconnect.com> Message-Id: <69BAF596-4F3D-11D6-A011-003065B9A95A@harvard.edu> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.481) Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Saturday, April 13, 2002, at 07:45 , Ray Recchia wrote:
> I don't think they publish 'bogus' research.
I'm very afraid that they do.
See the following from What's New-
1. BUBBLE FUSION: A COLLECTIVE GROAN CAN BE HEARD. A report out
of Oak Ridge of d-d fusion events in collapsing bubbles formed by
cavitation in deuterated acetone, is scheduled for publication in
the March 8 issue of Science magazine. Taleyarkan et al. observe
2.5 MeV neutron peaks, evidence of d-d fusion, correlated with
sonoluminescence from collapsing bubbles. Pretty exciting stuff
huh? It might be, if the experiment had not been repeated by two
experienced nuclear physicists, D. Shapira and M.J. Saltmarsh,
using the same apparatus, except for superior neutron detection
equipment. They found no evidence for 2.5 MeV neutron emission
correlated with sonoluminescence. Any neutron emission was many
orders of magnitude too small to account for the tritium
production reported by the first group. Although distinguished
physicists, fearing a repeat of the cold fusion fiasco 13 years
ago, advised against publication, the editor has apparently
chosen not only to publish the work, but to do so with unusual
fanfare, involving even the cover of Science. Perhaps Science
magazine covets the vast readership of Infinite Energy magazine.
- Wade
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