In 2009, the Bentham Open Science journal "The Open Chemical Physics Journal" published a study contending dust from the World Trade Center attacks contained "active nanothermite", a well known &lt;a href="9/11%20conspiracy%20theories"&gt;9/11 conspiracy theory&lt;/a&gt;. Following publication, the journal's editor-in-chief Marie-Paule Pileni resigned stating, "They have printed the article without my authorization… I have written to Bentham, that I withdraw myself from all activities with them".