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The Toll of Short-Term Contracts
As a new French report highlights, early-career researchers face significant challenges landing permanent academic positions—but there may also be some rays of hope.
Discredited Gene-Editing Researcher Vows to Clear His Name
A Chinese biologist whose team on Wednesday retracted a high-profile paper on a gene-editing technology has vowed to press ahead with experiments that he hopes will vindicate the potential rival to the CRISPR/Cas9 system.
CRISPR Patent Battle in Europe Takes a ‘Wild’ Twist
MilliporeSigma wins a key step in its claims to “knock-in” DNA with the powerful tool.
Who Counts as an Inventor? The Answer Could Be Worth Millions
A postdoc suing over exclusion from patents offers a lesson for anyone working on potentially lucrative research.
Sci-Hub’s Cache of Pirated Papers Is so Big, Subscription Journals Are Doomed
Analysis finds website can fulfill 99% of requests for scholarly papers
China Cracks Down After Investigation Finds Massive Peer-Review Fraud
More than 400 authors on some 100 papers from a single journal face punishments
It Will Be Much Harder to Call New Findings 'Significant' If This Team Gets Its Way
Proposal to change widely accepted p-value threshold stirs reproducibility debate.
Can You Tell Whether This Photo Has Been Manipulated?
Study finds that people aren’t great at spotting fake images.
'Replication Grants' Will Allow Researchers to Repeat Nine Influential Studies That Still Raise Questions
'Replication Grants' Will Allow Researchers to Repeat Nine Influential Studies That Still Raise Questions
A Dutch funding agency is making €3 million available to repeat landmark studies—including one published in 1960.
Many Postdocs Face Challenges Securing Parental Leave, New Report Highlights
Navigating leave policies can be tricky, so postdocs need to be proactive and investigate all their resources.
Scientist who Lied about Conflicts of Interest to the Senate Gets Suspended 6-month Sentence
Scientist who Lied about Conflicts of Interest to the Senate Gets Suspended 6-month Sentence
Michel Aubier downplayed the health risks of air pollution while on oil company Total's payroll
How AI Detectives Are Cracking Open the Black Box of Deep Learning
As neural nets push into science, researchers probe back
Germans Provide Big Boost for Sequencing Often Ignored Organisms
Grant will help sequence thousands of plants, insects, and fungi
AI Is Changing How We Do Science. Get a Glimpse
AI systems spot new particles, see galaxies, sense the public mood from social media.
What Does It Mean to Be Called a 'Trainee'?
The ‘trainee’ designation has broad implications, noted speakers at the Future of Biomedical Graduate and Postdoctoral Training meeting earlier this month.
Decision by Europe’s Top Court Alarms Vaccine Experts
Patients can plead their case for damages even in the absence of scientific evidence, European Court of Justice rules
Cancer Studies Pass Reproducibility Test
Project probing whether high-impact papers can be replicated releases latest results
Through Internships, Ph.D. Students Expand Their Skills and Explore Their Options
As internship opportunities expand, doctoral candidates reap the benefits.
University of Tokyo Scientist Hit by Anonymous Allegations Fights Back
Biologist Yoshinori Watanabe publishes extensive response
