Ethics – Page 6
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News
Hard questions after litany of forensic failures at US labs
An apparent upsurge in malpractice at forensics crime labs has prompted calls for tighter oversight and controls
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Research
Nanostripe controversy in new twist
Creator of striped nanoparticles insists questions over structures have already been answered and accuses critics of a ‘personal war’
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News
Grad student blamed for research misconduct at Utah
Two papers have been retracted due to image falsification at the University of Utah
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Feature
Transparency measures forced on pharma
Previous misdemeanours are compelling the pharmaceutical industry to be more open with financial information and clinical data, writes Nuala Moran
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Opinion
Garbage in, garbage out
The rise of low-quality and predatory open access journals and conferences worries Derek Lowe
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Opinion
The trouble with boycotts
Cutting academic ties with a censured state can do more harm than good, says Mark Peplow
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News
Cost of scientific misconduct smaller than feared
Analysis puts a price on misconduct for US funder and claims it only comes to $58 million over 10 years
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News
Scientists and university officials caught up in China’s anti-corruption drive
Rising funding for universities may be fuelling corruption, while top bosses’ fiefdoms makes them hard to catch
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News
Attempted poisoning wasn't chemical warfare, court rules
US supreme court throws out microbiologist’s conviction under international chemical weapons treaty
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News
UK researchers pledge transparency in animal research
Seventy-two organisations sign Concordat on Openness in Animal Research
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News
Leading Chinese chemist jailed for embezzlement
Environmental scientist Chen Yingxu sentenced to 10 years for stealing grant money
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News
Silenced scientists speak out in Canada
Survey finds government scientists unable to talk to the media about their work, even if the environment or public health are threatened
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News
Nobel peace prize goes to body that aims to eliminate chemical weapons
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons wins prize after recent work destroying Syria’s chemical arsenal
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News
Poland gets serious on plagiarism
Government plans scheme to check all theses submitted since September 2005
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Careers
Non-profit pharma
Not-for-profit drug discovery is growing into a promising niche employment opportunity within the pharmaceutical industry. James Mitchell Crow investigates
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Opinion
Misconduct: on the blog and in the open
When formal investigations of research misconduct are opaque and sluggish, it is inevitable that chemists will take to the blogs to debate suspicious papers, says Mark Peplow
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News
With great blogging power… comes great responsibility
Revelations of suspected scientific malpractice have raised questions of just what role the online chemistry community should play in rooting out bad behaviour
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News
Call to arms on data integrity
Journal editor tells chemists to get tough on bad practices such as scrubbing spectra of embarrassing impurities