Stanford Science Labs Burglaries

Whoa! I didn't know such things occur in Palo Alto! :) It seems that Stanford has been burglarized lately, with a thief or thieves stealing science equipment.

The physics lab has lost $400,000 worth of equipment, not counting break-ins at other nearby labs, including the astrophysics and biology buildings, according to Mike Killian, facilities manager of the Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory.

But the students are trying to fight back in their own ways...

When a thief began stealing high-end science equipment from Stanford University labs this year, a group of graduate students struck back using tools of their own.

About 5:30 a.m. Sunday, a camera rigged by the students caught 20 seconds of footage of a man breaking into a Stanford physics lab - information that is now a part of the campus investigation, said Mike Killian, facilities manager of the Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory.

If I were the thief, I'd watch my back. These are not your run-of-the-mill smart kids, and if they want to, they can rig almost anything.

Zz.