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I wouldn't be surprised if the Cardiff group spent six months on the research and three years getting the paper accepted. Agreed, it would have been nice if th
by marze 16y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if the Cardiff group spent six months on the research and three years getting the paper accepted.
Agreed, it would have been nice if the Dr. Louis had sent samples to any lab that would take them, but instead he sent them to just one lab.
Besides a possible lack of labs volunteering, perhaps he was motivated to retain as much credit for what he felt would be an important discovery.
In any case, I still would like to see some other facilities step forward and attempt to verify the work.
- anigbrowl 16y agoArxiv is not a peer-reviewed journal where papers need to be accepted or not; it's more like HN for scientists, where anyone can present a result for consideration. Without digging into the history in detail, it's worth noting that one of the co-authors on this paper is at the University of Sheffield, and was vocally critical of an earlier paper on the same subject; his co-authorship may be a signal to other labs.