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What happens when a journal won’t correct an article? One scientist found out when she attempted to retract her own paper, surfacing troubling gaps in publishing ethics.

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40 Percent of Stroke Animal Studies May Have Problematic Images

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Impersonation Scandals Shake Academic Publishing

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AI Helps Flag Potentially Problematic Journals for the First Time

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Opinion: Science Needs Better Fraud Detection—And More Whistleblowers

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Agreement Reached on Research Assessment Reforms

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Elisabeth Bik Faces Legal Action After Criticizing Studies

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MDAR Framework Aims to Standardize Reporting in Life Sciences

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Incest Isn’t Taboo in Nature: Study

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Frontiers Pulls Special COVID-19 Issue After Content Dispute

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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Postdoc Portrait: Rohita Roy

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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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What Is the Amniotic Fluid Composed of?

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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Maximizing Cancer Research Model Systems

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