All articles by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
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Award-winning chemist threatens to sue critic
Tensions flare in latest dispute over spherical nucleic acid technology
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Should scientists be paid when AI chatbots use their work?
Two major scientific publishers have recently sold access to research papers to train AIs at big tech firms
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Japanese chemistry institute sues archival site for hosting discontinued journal
Case could set an important precedent if it reaches court
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Legal threats, online trolls and low pay: the world of scientific sleuth Elisabeth Bik
Chemistry World catches up with one of the world’s leading scientific integrity experts
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Integrity specialist has no case to answer over blackmail, extortion allegations, French officials find
Elisabeth Bik, famed for her research integrity work, admits that she is relieved that the investigation is over
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A key chemistry journal disappeared from the web. Others are at risk
Japanese scientific society suspends journal publication saying it has ‘completed its role’
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Why is plagiarism apparently more common in research funded by the NSF than the NIH?
Figures just out reveal that the US National Science Foundation received 54 allegations of research misconduct in the 2022–23 financial year
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Dedicated committee needed to tackle research reproducibility problems in the UK
UK House of Commons report suggests government needs to play a bigger role addressing issues affecting science
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Chemistry bots under threat from changes to Twitter’s API rules
Bots that collate papers and provide retrosynthetic analysis could all end if charges are introduce
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Journals to trial tool that automatically flags reproducibility and transparency issues in papers
Software aims to check a paper’s trustworthiness
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French inquiry censures lab that promoted hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid
Report raises awkward questions about prominent study on antimalarial conducted in Didier Raoult’s lab
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Best-selling chemistry textbook is now free
New edition of John McMurry’s Organic Chemistry will be open access after author discovers copyright loophole
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Business
Protective treatment for Covid-19 makes minimal impact
Limited uptake of antibody combination for vulnerable patients, while demand for antivirals seems to be slowing
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Top Russian university officials’ predatory publishing record points to deeper malaise
Universities are struggling with serious problems with plagiarism, gift authorship and ethical violations
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Research
Cancer progression and harmful bacteria tracked with next-generation sequencing
Proof-of-principle study keeps an eye on leukaemia mutations and bacterial strains in patients
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800 crystallography-related papers appear to stem from one paper mill
Preprint reports questionable images in papers that are all from authors based at Chinese hospitals
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China grapples with lab safety following huge growth in student numbers
Study exposes serious incidents and deaths at universities
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ResearchGate responsible for illegal content on its site, German court rules
Academic networking site plans to appeal the decision
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Royal Society report says there’s no silver bullet to fix ‘scientific misinformation’
Governments, scientists, journalists and other stakeholders will all need to work together to tackle the problem
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China sanctions hundreds of researchers following fraud investigation
Paper mills investigation results in funding bans and fines