US university agrees $112.5 million settlement in misconduct lawsuit
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Emma Stoye2019-04-08T14:30:00
Alleged falsification of data has already led to 17 retractions
Duke University in the US will pay the government $112.5 million (£97 million) to settle a scientific misconduct lawsuit that alleges it was awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants based on fabricated data.