Physicist Sues Duke over Control of Lab
Jan 1, 1998 — A scientist who invented a free electron laser more than a decade ago has filed a lawsuit against Duke University in Durham, N.C., over control of the laser. John Madey received a four-year, $19.7 million grant from the Office of Naval Research to develop medical applications for the laser, which can be tuned to operate at different frequencies, making it potentially valuable for biomedical applications. Duke, which manages the grant, named physicist Berndt Mueller as principal investigator in...