It probably was the scientific fraud of the century, but a hugely expensive failed project to create energy from nuclear fusion laid the foundation for Argentina's success in physics. THE RUINS ARE ghostly, silent. The crumbling buildings and labs - hidden on an island that's drowning in a dense, green forest - look as if they are an abandoned villain's lair from an early James Bond movie. And in a way, they are a villain's making - they're all that remains of a top-secret project, 'Proyecto Huemul', which turned out to be one of the biggest and most expensive frauds in scientific history - and ironically also became the foundation of a scientific success story.
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