Two biomedical researchers have been found guilty of falsifying data.
Two biomedical researchers have been found guilty of falsifying data.
This year’s roundup of bad behavior in the life sciences and new initiatives to prevent misconduct
The science images and videos that captured our attention in 2012
An exhaustive report about research fraud committed by social psychologist Diederik Stapel paints a picture of a field beset by sloppy practices and low standards.
Contrary to previous studies, a new publication finds that most retractions from scholarly literature are not due to misconduct.
New noninvasive methods of selecting the most viable embryo could revolutionize in vitro fertilization.
| November 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the November 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Large RNA-protein packets use a novel mechanism to escape the cell nucleus.
Swapping chromosomes from one human egg to another could eliminate mitochondrial DNA mutations that cause disease.