While your comment does suggest a delightful irony, I think you should reread the article:
Leading the research team making a stab at what is considered the holy grail in the world of physics is Rusi Taleyarkhan, a senior scientist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and Richard Lahey, a professor of engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy.These are American institutions.
ML/NJ (RPI '68)
Fitting even.