All Ethics articles – Page 2
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OpinionEthical challenge
Should researchers infect healthy people with Sars-CoV-2 to speed up vaccine testing?
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NewsChina has 600 outposts across the world to recruit scientists
Report claims to have uncovered network to acquire advanced technology in not only the US, but also Germany, Australia, the UK and beyond
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NewsHarvard University’s former chemistry head indicted for lying about China ties
Charles Lieber faces up to five years in prison if convicted
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NewsAngewandte essay calling diversity in chemistry harmful decried as ‘abhorrent’ and ‘egregious’
Third of journal board resigns over the now-deleted manuscript that chemists say reflects widespread bias in publishing and research
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PodcastChlorine dioxide
Katrina Krämer investigates how industrial-strength bleach became promoted as ‘miracle mineral supplement’ – a supposed ‘cure’ for autism, cancer and even Covid-19.
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NewsAnother US researcher charged with lying about Chinese ties
Physicist faces 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding West Virginia University while secretly working for Chinese talent programme
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ArticlePredatory journals’ reviewers mostly junior researchers from developing countries
The few scientists conducting peer review for predatory publishers are often of young academic age and come from lower-income regions
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CareersShould scientists be activists?
Scientific objectivity isn’t stopping researchers from standing up for what they believe in
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NewsJunior researchers less likely to blow the whistle on research misconduct
Fear of retribution and their precarious position may be holding them back
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NewsQuestionable research practices are hurting junior researchers
Survey finds that the careers of nearly a third of PhD students and postdocs are marred by bad experiences
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OpinionScience can’t fix Whitehall on its own
There seems to be a genuine effort to put science at the heart of the UK’s government but this comes with risks as well as rewards
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NewsRogue Chinese geneticist jailed for his role in creation of gene-edited babies
Team leader He Jiankui sentenced to three years with another two researchers sent to prison
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NewsSanctions imposed by research agency on Duke University lifted
University has met all commitments in plan agreed with National Institutes of Health
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NewsSenior Chinese research integrity official investigated for academic fraud
More than 60 papers co-authored by Xuetao Cao have been flagged on PubPeer for problematic images
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ReviewThe Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience
Drew Gwilliams reviews a book about how science should work, and what happens when it all goes wrong
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NewsImage manipulation allegations hit Indian toxicology institute
Investigation launched after images in as many as 130 papers questioned
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ResearchChinese gene-edited babies at higher risk of premature death
Loss of gene knocked-out by rogue geneticists found to be linked with higher mortality in human genome database
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NewsMisconduct not mistakes are the chief reason chemistry papers are retracted
Analysis prompts call for publishers to be more open about the reasons a paper is withdrawn
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NewsStudy of misconduct suggests first author should be guarantor for a paper’s accuracy
Research examined 80 misconduct investigations by US Office of Research Integrity
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NewsEarly career researchers often receive no credit for ‘ghostwritten’ peer reviews
Half of young scientists have critiqued papers without being named