Reports on April 8 indicate that the author behind the sensational high-temperature superconductivity research has been confirmed to be involved in data fabrication and plagiarism.
Carlos Diaz, a physicist at the University of Rochester in the United States, once a name that reverberated throughout the physics community, claimed to have discovered "high-temperature superconductivity," which had scientists worldwide excited and seemingly poised to venture into new scientific realms.
However, amidst mounting skepticism, the authenticity of this discovery began to unravel. Diaz's publications on high-temperature superconductivity have been retracted twice by Nature, with two other papers also facing retractions.
Recently, a 124-page court document cited by the news team at Nature reveals that the University of Rochester conducted a 10-month investigation uncovering multiple instances of misconduct by Professor Dias, including suspected fabrication of experimental data and plagiarism.
The investigation was carried out by an independent scientific panel hired by the university and concluded on February 8th of this year.
The panel examined 16 allegations and found that in each case, Professor Dias was likely involved in academic misconduct.
