Low points of the Two physicists were fired from prestigious labs in 2002 for scientific misconduct. Victor Ninov was dismissed by the lawrence berkeley National Laboratory in June after a committee found that he had fabricated data concerning the discovery of element 118-- which would have been the heaviest element ever made. Jan Hendrik Schon was sacked by Bell Labs in September after a different committee found him guilty on 16 out of 24 charges of scientific misconduct. Schon had published over 100 papers over a five-year period, most of them on the properties of organic ors Bell Labs physicist fired for misconduct In the matter of J Hendrik Sch?n 12. Hope for the futu More than 300 physicists from around the world- most of them women- met in Paris in March for the first International Conference on Women in Physics. The meeting, which was organized by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, unanimously approved eight recommendations to enable women to contribute more effectively to physics. The recommendations were aimed at schools, universities, industry, government and funding councils The delegates have now returned to their home countries, where they hope to turn words into action IUPAP Working Group on Women in Physics A recipe for female success Physics needs women11. Low points of the year Two physicists were fired from prestigious labs in 2002 for scientific misconduct. Victor Ninov was dismissed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in June after a committee found that he had fabricated data concerning the discovery of element 118 -- which would have been the heaviest element ever made. Jan Hendrik Schön was sacked by Bell Labs in September after a different committee found him guilty on 16 out of 24 charges of scientific misconduct. Schön had published over 100 papers over a five-year period, most of them on the properties of organic semiconductors. Bell Labs physicist fired for misconduct In the matter of J Hendrik Sch?n 12. Hope for the future More than 300 physicists from around the world -- most of them women -- met in Paris in March for the first International Conference on Women in Physics. The meeting, which was organized by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, unanimously approved eight recommendations to enable women to contribute more effectively to physics. The recommendations were aimed at schools, universities, industry, government and funding councils. The delegates have now returned to their home countries, where they hope to turn words into action. IUPAP Working Group on Women in Physics A recipe for female success Physics needs women