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Opinion: Disruptive science is leaping forward, not limping along

01.02.2023

A recent study and accompanying news story in the preeminent journal Nature provocatively concludes that disruptive innovation in science has dramatically and mysteriously declined 90% since 1945. The study has …

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In the Lab

Mistakes happen in research papers. But corrections often don’t

10.01.2023

Mistakes happen — in life, in the lab, and, inevitably, in research papers, too. Journals use corrections and retractions to resolve those mistakes. But one particularly high-profile case is now …

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In the Lab

New concerns about a paper co-authored by Stanford president prompt journal to take a ‘closer look’

05.12.2022

The journal Cell is opening its own review of research co-authored by Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne, following new allegations about an altered image in a 1999 paper. Minor concerns …

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In the Lab

Image manipulation in science is suddenly in the news. But these cases are hardly rare

02.12.2022

In 2004, Mike Rossner and Kenneth Yamada, two top editors at the Journal of Cell Biology, wrote an editorial alerting readers to what they saw as an emerging problem in …

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In the Lab

‘This actually changes everything’: Altered image in 1999 paper raises potential peril for Stanford president

01.12.2022

New findings of altered images in research co-authored by Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne add to the weight of allegations against him, according to experts on research misconduct. On Tuesday, …

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In the Lab

Stanford is investigating its president over allegations of research misconduct

30.11.2022

Stanford University has opened an investigation into its president, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, a renowned neuroscientist and former biotech executive, for research misconduct after experts alleged papers on which he was an …

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Biotech / Coronavirus / Health

The scientist behind Pfizer’s Covid vaccine says a flu pandemic is only a matter of time

16.11.2022

BOSTON — Even after leading the charge combating the worst pandemic in a century, vaccine researcher Kathrin Jansen doesn’t feel that she can relax. Another pandemic — this one based …

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In the Lab

University of California academic workers go out on strike to demand higher wages

14.11.2022

Any other Monday morning, Josh Mesfin would have been in the lab, performing surgery on rats and devising new ways to help them heal from heart attacks — with the …

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In the Lab

‘The tipping point is coming’: Unprecedented exodus of young life scientists is shaking up academia

10.11.2022

SAN DIEGO — Rayyan Gorashi is keeping her options open. After all, she’s still a second-year bioengineering Ph.D. student at UC San Diego, and there are so many careers to …

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