Word: confirmed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...proved conclusively that Pons and Fleischmann are wrong, it seems likely that they jumped to a hasty conclusion based on incomplete research. Scientists in Japan and Switzerland announced that their own tests had convinced them the original work was flawed. An attempt by the Harwell Laboratory in Britain to confirm the discovery has also produced nothing, even though Fleischmann himself checked the experiments...
...furious global race to be the first to confirm "cold fusion" has re-ignited a debate over the proper role of the press in scientific research...
Moreover, Willis argues, WAP's tactics confirm traditional and puritanical notions of womanhood that are in themselves degrading and disempowering to women...
Bureaucracy Watch: There are two teams of Harvard researchers racing to help confirm the results of a University of Utah fusion report that could revolutionize science and, possibly, American society. One of the Harvard scientists, whose experiment will likely be finished on Monday or Tuesday, said that he might have been able to run his experiment yesterday had it not been for a faculty meeting he was required to attend...
...There are indications there was a major fire aboard, but we have no details. We understand there has been a loss of life, but we can't confirm how many," Fitzwater said. "We express the sympathy of the United States government to the Soviet government for any loss of life involved...