The NIH has required researchers to receive instruction about responsible conduct for more than 20 years, but misconduct is still on the rise.
The NIH has required researchers to receive instruction about responsible conduct for more than 20 years, but misconduct is still on the rise.
Should institutions invest in changing the behavior of scientists found guilty of violating research rules and ethics?
Last week brought scientists one step closer to outlining a plan for the massive government-funded project.
The agency released details of the sequester’s effects.
Telomeres and disease; Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes may fight malaria; bat tongue mops nectar; newly sequenced genomes
The agency will no longer use the newly revised guide to mental disorders to categorize its funding priorities.
The brain’s role in aging; tracking disease; understanding the new flu virus; no autism-Lyme link; one drug’s journey from bench to bedside
In a recent speech, the President defended spending on science and the peer-review process.
Desulfobulbaceae bacteria were recently discovered to form centimeter-long cables, containing thousands of cells that share an outer membrane.
| May 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the May 2013 issue of The Scientist.