The NIH has required researchers to receive instruction about responsible conduct for more than 20 years, but misconduct is still on the rise.
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Environmental issues that resonate on an immediate, emotional level seem to play better on sites like Facebook than do longer-term, but no less serious problems.
Government policies are shuttering research facilities while muzzling federal researchers by dissuading them from talking to the press, participating in international collaborations, or publishing their work.
Despite increasing use of electronic medical records, much patient data remains in text form, requiring text-mining techniques to make full use of patient information.
Attacks on my work aimed at undermining climate change science have turned me into a public figure. I have come to embrace that role.
The increasing global demand for potable water needs immediate attention—from researchers and policy makers alike.
Scientists should submit their work to open-access repositories to support research in parts of the world that don’t have access to the vast libraries of pay-wall-constrained literature.
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