Rejected work gets back in the line-up
Paper turned down for plagiarising surfaces in another of publisher’s journals.
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Crack down on scientific fraudsters
According to a study published last year, “most investigators who engage in wrongdoing, even serious wrongdoing, continue to conduct research at their institutions.”
Biologist claims controversial stem-cell method works
A Hong Kong developmental biologist says he has succeeded in reproducing a method of reprogramming cells to an embryonic like state by applying mechanical stress.
Stem cell scientist Haruko Obokata found guilty of misconduct
A young researcher who shot to fame in scientific circles when she published an apparently radical and simple way to create stem cells has been found guilty of misconduct by a committee charged with investigating her work
Shigeaki Kato notches five more retractions, including one in Nature
An endocrinologist who resigned from the University of Tokyo in March 2012 amid an investigation that concluded 43 of his papers should be retracted, has retracted five more papers. The newest is in this week's Nature.
Call the cops
The long arm of the law has reached into an investigation of alleged scientific misconduct in Italy.
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