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Rising Publication Costs Strain Researchers

Open access publishing has led to researchers paying thousands of dollars to publish their work, limiting funds for research and leaving scientists with hard choices.

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AI Helps Flag Potentially Problematic Journals for the First Time

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Exosome Scientist Douglas Taylor Stole and Mislabeled Images: Report

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Opinion: In Publishing, Don’t Make the Perfect the Enemy of the Good

Hilal A. Lashuel | | 5 min read

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Nobel Prize Winner Faces Investigation into Paper Integrity

Katherine Irving | | 2 min read

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Q&A: Why eLife Is Doing Away with Rejections

Jef Akst | | 4 min read

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Q&A: Potential Partiality in Scientific Publishing

Chloe Tenn | | 4 min read

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Revealing Peer Reviewer Identities Could Introduce Bias: Study

Chloe Tenn | | 2 min read

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When Researchers Sound the Alarm on Problematic Papers

Shawna Williams | | 10+ min read

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Researcher Sanctioned by PNAS for Not Sharing Alga

Catherine Offord | | 1 min read

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Howard Bauchner Leaves JAMA Following Podcast Fallout

Amanda Heidt | | 3 min read

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Frontiers Pulls Special COVID-19 Issue After Content Dispute

Catherine Offord | | 8 min read

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Universe 25 Experiment

A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food and water, personal space is essential to prevent societal collapse, but Universe 25's relevance to humans remains disputed.

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The Federal Government’s Research Innovation Lifeline Has Gone Dark

Congressional inaction has led to the expiration of the federal government’s SBIR/STTR program, cutting off a biotechnology lifeline.

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Lurking in the vast expanse of the ocean and buried deep in the Siberian permafrost, there are giants—not blue whales and mammoths, but giant viruses.

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Auricular vagal neuromodulation therapy is a non-invasive and non-surgical treatment that could aid cardiovascular disease management, Long COVID relief, and more.

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January 2026, Issue 1

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The liquid world of fetal development provides a rich source of nutrition and protection tailored to meet the needs of the growing fetus.

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