The grant-review process plays significant roles in the education of researchers and in shaping scientific progress.
The grant-review process plays significant roles in the education of researchers and in shaping scientific progress.
A study demonstrating the production of human stem cells through cloning contained several mislabeled images, but the authors insist the results are real.
Researchers discover a microbe living at -15°C, the coldest temperature ever reported for bacterial growth, giving hope to the search for life elsewhere in the cosmos.
The agency told a Congressional committee that it would not forward peer-reviewer comments of social science grants the committee had requested.
The Asian harlequin ladybird carries a biological weapon to wipe out competing species.
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?
Symbiotic fungi on the roots of bean plants can act as an underground signaling network, transmitting early warnings of impending aphid attacks.
The decline of a population of Arctic foxes isolated on a small Russian island may be due to mercury pollution from their diet of seabirds and seals.