Editing 2002 in science (section)

==Physics==
* March 8 – Claims regarding [[bubble fusion]], in which a table-top apparatus is reported as producing small-scale [[cold fusion|fusion]] in a liquid undergoing acoustic [[cavitation]], are published.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Taleyarkhan|first=R. P.|author-link = Rusi Taleyarkhan|author2=West, C. D.|author3=Cho, J. S.|author4=Lahey Jr., R. T.|author5=Nigmatulin, R.|author6=Block, R. C.|date=2002-03-08|title=Evidence for Nuclear Emissions During Acoustic Cavitation|pages=1868–73|journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]]|volume=295|issue=1868|url=http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/hottopics/bubble/index.shtml|doi=10.1126/science.1067589|accessdate=2012-03-15|pmid=11884748|bibcode=2002Sci...295.1868T|s2cid=11405525|issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* May – Experimental discovery of a new type of radioactivity: the [[2-protons radioactivity]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Giovinazzo|first=J.|author2=Blank, B.|author3=Chartier, M.|author4=Czajkowski, S.|author5=Fleury, A.|author6=Lopez Jimenez, M. J.|author7=Pravikoff, M. S.|author8=Thomas, J.-C.|author9=de Oliveira Santos, F.|author10=Lewitowicz, M.|author11=Maslov, V.|author12=Stanoiu, M.|author13=Grzywacz, R.|author14=Pfützner, M.|author15=Borcea, C.|author16=Brown, B. A.|name-list-style=amp|date=2002-08-19|title=Two-Proton Radioactivity of F45en|pages=102501|journal=[[Physical Review Letters]]|volume=89|issue=10|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.102501|pmid=12225187|bibcode = 2002PhRvL..89j2501G }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Pfützner|first=M.|date=2002-05-28|title=First evidence for the two-proton decay of <sup>45</sup>Fe|pages=279–285|journal=[[European Physical Journal A|The European Physical Journal A]]|volume=14|issue=3|doi=10.1140/epja/i2002-10033-9|bibcode=2002EPJA...14..279P|display-authors=etal|citeseerx=10.1.1.183.4363|s2cid=120370209}}</ref>