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Scientific publishing evolves under pressure, rewarding speed over quality and creating vulnerability to fraud or AI misuse, but new systems could change this.

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Opinion: Is Open Access Worth the Cost?

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As Plan S Takes Effect, Some Anticipate Inequitable Outcomes

Scientists, Publishers Debate Paychecks for Peer Reviewers

Nature-Branded Journals Announce First Open-Access Deal

UK Group Tackles Reproducibility in Research

University of California Loses Access to New Content in Elsevier Journals

Open-Access Program Plan S Relaxes Rules

Norway Joins List of Countries Canceling Elsevier Contracts

With No Open Access Deal, UC Breaks with Elsevier

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From Data to Discovery: Omics in Therapeutic Innovation

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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