Ethics – Page 3
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OpinionPushing the limits of patent protection
Some methods of extending exclusivity rights raise legal and ethical questions
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OpinionAlternative science
Those who report on science are treading a tricky line as bad actors look to muddy the waters
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NewsEmbattled director of US research integrity office heads to NIH
Head of Office of Research Integrity won’t return after temporary reassignment and is set to become NIH’s integrity officer
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NewsDisgraced US chemistry professor will not face jail time
Ex-Colorado State University chemist Brian McNaughton reaches a plea deal after being caught forging a job offer letter to get a raise
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NewsBlueprint outlined to add in ‘fail-safes’ for science publishing
Raft of measures suggested by prominent critics of science’s reproducibility problems
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NewsIndian institute investigates nanoscientists for indiscriminate image manipulation
Four new retractions bring the total for Rashmi Madhuri and Prashant Sharma up to 14, with at least another 50 papers potentially affected
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FeatureEthics in chemistry
Nina Notman asks whether chemists should be giving more consideration to the ethics of their research
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NewsProtein chemist barred from US government funding for a decade
Former University of Alabama researcher found guilty of falsifying x-ray crystallographic data more than 10 years after red flags first raised
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CareersThe ethics of scientific publishing
How to spot a problem paper – and what you should do about it
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NewsAnonymous survey sheds light on research misconduct
Most academic and industrial scientists polled had either committed or witnessed unethical practices
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PodcastBook Club - The angry chef
Do you crave a bigger slice of science in your dietary advice? Anthony Warner gets angry about bad science in the food sector
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PodcastBook Club - A crack in creation
The development of Crispr, and the ethical questions raised by new genome editing techniques
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PodcastBook Club - A course in deception
Academia has everything from altering results to murder, at least in this work of fiction
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FeatureThe rising tide of 'legal highs'
Andy Extance investigates the chemistry that has helped recreational drugs evade the law, and its consequences
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NewsFake peer review hits RSC journals
Questions over true identity of recommended referees sees inorganic materials papers retracted from PCCP, Chemical Communications and Nanoscale