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Researchers developed a new AI tool for the preliminary identification of questionable journals that exploit the open-access system.

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Nobel Prize Winner Faces Investigation into Paper Integrity

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Q&A: Why eLife Is Doing Away with Rejections

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Q&A: Potential Partiality in Scientific Publishing

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Revealing Peer Reviewer Identities Could Introduce Bias: Study

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When Researchers Sound the Alarm on Problematic Papers

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Researcher Sanctioned by PNAS for Not Sharing Alga

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Howard Bauchner Leaves JAMA Following Podcast Fallout

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Frontiers Pulls Special COVID-19 Issue After Content Dispute

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Top JAMA Editor on Leave in Fallout Over Racism Podcast

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The Biggest Breakthroughs in Cell Biology in 2025

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Universe 25 Experiment

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The Gollum Effect: 44 Percent of Scientists Report Territorial Research Experiences

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December 2025, Issue 1

Wooden Neurons: An Artistic Vision of the Brain

A neurobiologist, who loves the morphology of cells, turns these shapes into works of art made from wood.

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Human iPSC-derived Models for Brain Disease Research

Human iPSC-derived Models for Neurodegenerative Disease Research

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Exploring the Inflammatory Tumor Microenvironment 

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