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1 week ago

Author Correction: Immune evasion through mitochondrial transfer in the tumour microenvironment

In the version of the article originally published, there were calculation and transcription errors in the data for Fig. 5g, Extended Data Fig. 7c,g and Extended Data Fig. 8e. The corrected data has led to minor changes in the graphs.
Mental health
fromwww.nature.com
1 week ago

Author Correction: Stress dynamically modulates neuronal autophagy to gate depression onset

Correction made to data errors in Source Data for figures in a prior publication.
Science
fromNature
1 week ago

The COVID-19 pandemic transformed this scientist into a research-integrity sleuth

Rapid publication of COVID-19 research during the pandemic led to increased scrutiny and analysis due to quality control issues.
fromNature
2 weeks ago

Should I tell anyone that I suspect misconduct in a paper I'm reviewing?

Scientific misconduct leads to increasing paper retractions, and distinguishing between fraud and honest mistakes remains a challenge for peer review.
Public health
fromNature
2 weeks ago

Low-quality papers based on public health data are flooding the scientific literature

Surge in low-quality papers using large health databases linked to language models and paper mills.
#ai
fromFuturism
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

MIT Disavowed a Viral Paper Claiming That AI Leads to More Scientific Discoveries

fromFuturism
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

MIT Disavowed a Viral Paper Claiming That AI Leads to More Scientific Discoveries

#scientific-publishing
#artificial-intelligence
fromFuturism
2 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Scientists Are Sneaking Passages Into Research Papers Designed to Trick AI Reviewers

fromFuturism
2 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Scientists Are Sneaking Passages Into Research Papers Designed to Trick AI Reviewers

fromNature
3 weeks ago

Metascience can improve science - but it must be useful to society, too

The Metascience Alliance is a coalition of more than 25 funders, academic groups, companies and other institutions that pursue metascience: the use of scientific methods to understand and improve science itself.
Science
fromNature
3 weeks ago

Daily briefing: A worst-case weather scenario drove deadly flooding in Texas

Genetically engineered NK cells show promise in targeting autoimmune disease-causing cells, offering a potentially cheaper treatment option.
#peer-review
fromFuturism
3 weeks ago

Bombshell Research Finds a Staggering Number of Scientific Papers Were AI-Generated

Researchers identified 454 overused terms from AI language models, revealing that 13.5 to 40 percent of biomedical article abstracts were likely generated or assisted by AI.
Science
fromNature
1 month ago

Daily briefing: The moment that mathematics education starts to fail girls

Around the world, teenage boys outperform girls on mathematics tests, and men are more likely to pursue related careers. Now, a gigantic study of schoolchildren in France pinpoints that this 'mathematical gender gap' appears during the first year of school.
OMG science
fromThe Nation
1 month ago

NIH Staff Have Broken Their Silence

Civil servants at the NIH boldly released the Bethesda Declaration, criticizing leadership for politicizing research and compromising public safety.
Science
fromNature
1 month ago

Daily briefing: 'A necessary evil' - Cutting off rhinos' horns to deter poachers really works

Rhino horn removal reduces poaching by 78% on reserves.
The African Space Agency coordinates several initiatives to monitor climate change and support agriculture.
Sierra Leone faces a mpox outbreak with potential regional implications.
fromNature
1 month ago

'Integrity index' flags universities with high retraction rates

The Research Integrity Risk Index categorizes institutions based on research integrity, helping identify those prioritizing publication metrics over rigorous science.
US news
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1 month ago

Author Correction: GluD1 is a signal transduction device disguised as an ionotropic receptor

The authors correct data labeling errors in their published paper without altering its conclusions.
Science
fromThe Washington Post
2 months ago

Why Trump's push for 'gold-standard science' has researchers alarmed

The Trump administration's 'gold-standard science' initiative is seen as undermining scientific integrity by infusing politics into research.
#health-policy
US news
fromBoston.com
2 months ago

White House health report included fake citations

The report by the Make America Healthy Again Commission cited fictitious studies undermining its credibility and raising concerns about research integrity.
fromFuturism
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

RFK Jr's "Make America Healthy Again" Report Cites Studies That Don't Exist, in Clear Sign of AI Generated Slop

US news
fromBoston.com
2 months ago

White House health report included fake citations

The report by the Make America Healthy Again Commission cited fictitious studies undermining its credibility and raising concerns about research integrity.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
2 months ago

RFK Jr's "Make America Healthy Again" Report Cites Studies That Don't Exist, in Clear Sign of AI Generated Slop

The MAHA Commission report's validity is undermined by questionable sources and possible misuse of AI.
US news
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

RFK Jr.'s MAHA Report Is Rife With Errors' Including at Least Seven Fake Sources

The MAHA Report cited multiple non-existent studies, undermining its credibility.
fromBoston.com
2 months ago

Harvard revokes tenure for ethics professor accused of fraud

Harvard revokes professor Francesca Gino's tenure amid ongoing allegations of research misconduct, marking a rare institutional action.
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago

N.J. firm made misleading websites in names of multiple Canadians and an alleged CRA scammer | CBC News

"Arriola's name does not appear on the original publication in the 20 most recent entries on his profile and a university professor confirmed he was not involved."
Privacy professionals
Data science
fromwww.nature.com
3 months ago

Author Correction: Structure of the human dopamine transporter in complex with cocaine

Corrections made to the structure analysis of hDAT with no impact on overall conclusions.
fromArs Technica
3 months ago

Trump admin accused of censoring NIH's top expert on ultra-processed foods

Hall claims that aides for Kennedy blocked him from being directly interviewed by New York Times reporters about the study; he was only allowed to provide written responses.
US news
fromNature
3 months ago

Invasion of the 'journal snatchers': the firms that buy science publications and turn them rogue

'Journal snatchers' are transforming reputable scholarly journals into predatory publications, undermining research integrity.
fromHackernoon
4 months ago

Hallucinations by Design - (Part 3): Trusting Vectors Without Testing Them | HackerNoon

The model rated 'The results showed a significant difference (p<0.05)' and 'The results showed no significant difference (p>0.05)' at 0.94 similarity.
Artificial intelligence
OMG science
fromNature
3 months ago

Journal targeted by paper mill still grappling with the aftermath years later

Despite claims of addressing the issue, Bioengineered still contains hundreds of dubious papers linked to paper mills.
#academic-publishing
Data science
fromNature
5 months ago

Why retractions data could be a powerful tool for cleaning up science

Increased pressure for rapid research publishing can lead to compromised research integrity, resulting in higher retraction rates.
Data science
fromNature
5 months ago

Why retractions data could be a powerful tool for cleaning up science

Increased pressure for rapid research publishing can lead to compromised research integrity, resulting in higher retraction rates.
fromNature
4 months ago

China's supreme court calls for crack down on paper mills

"This is the first time the supreme court has issued guidance on paper mills and on scientific fraud," says Wang Fei, who studies research-integrity policy at Dalian University of Technology in China.
Intellectual property law
fromwww.nature.com
5 months ago

Author Correction: Seasonal advance of intense tropical cyclones in a warming climate

In our trend analysis of intense tropical cyclone occurrences, we mistakenly calculated the number of days for the Southern Hemisphere's hurricane season starting from January instead of July.
UK news
fromNature
5 months ago

Exclusive: These universities have the most retracted scientific articles

China's crackdown on medical publication fraud has revealed alarming rates of misconduct among researchers, especially in hospitals.
Medicine
fromNature
8 months ago

Worryingly high prevalence of retraction among top-cited researchers

The 2023 Stanford List reveals concerning levels of retractions among highly-cited researchers, highlighting issues of research integrity.
fromNature
8 months ago

Science communication will benefit from research integrity standards

"Although many scientists have taken to communicating directly with the public, others are afraid to do so, not least because social-media platforms offer few guardrails or protections against disinformation."
Science
SF politics
fromStreetsblog
10 months ago

The Insider: How to Blow the Whistle on a Federal Transportation Agency - Streetsblog USA

Research on aerodynamic side guards for trucks showed potential life-saving benefits that were omitted in the final report, raising concerns about regulatory transparency.
Media industry
fromNature
10 months ago

Publishing nightmare: a researcher's quest to keep his own work from being plagiarized

The manuscript sent to bioinformatician Sam Payne plagiarized his work, highlighting serious issues in research integrity and publication processes.
Medicine
fromNature
11 months ago

Blow that whistle at your own risk

Nancy Olivieri's fight for research integrity highlights the personal toll of advocacy against pharmaceutical giants and institutional resistance.
fromNature
11 months ago

Cash for catching scientific errors

Science needs enhanced error detection methods to improve reliability.
The ERROR project aims to systematically identify and correct research mistakes.
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