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‘It’s time to devise a more efficient solution’: Science editor in chief wants to change the retraction process
On the heels of a high-profile retraction that followed deep investigations by the Science news team, Holden Thorp, the editor in chief of the journal, says it’s time to improve the process of correcting the scientific record. In an editorial published today, Thorp, a former university provost, describes the often time-consuming and frustrating process involving … Continue reading ‘It’s time to devise a more efficient solution’: Science editor in chief wants to change the retraction process
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Science retracts coral reef recovery paper more than a year after a report on allegations in its own pages
Fifteen months after its news division published an investigation into work on coral reef recovery, Science has retracted a 2014 paper on the subject. The article, “Chemically mediated behavior of recruiting corals and fishes: A tipping point that may limit reef recovery,” was written by a group at Georgia Institute of Technology led by Danielle … Continue reading Science retracts coral reef recovery paper more than a year after a report on allegations in its own pages
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Chemistry paper retracted from Science
Science has retracted a 2020 paper which hinted at the future of eco-friendly pharmaceuticals after concluding that the data had been manipulated. The article, “Asymmetric remote C–H borylation of aliphatic amides and esters with a modular iridium catalyst,” came from a team anchored by Masaya Sawamura, of Hokkaido University, in Sapporo. Funding for the study … Continue reading Chemistry paper retracted from Science
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Triple sunrise, triple sunset: Science paper retracted when it turns out a planet is a star
When Kevin Wagner at the University of Arizona and colleagues published a paper in Science about their discovery of a new planet in 2016, it captured the attention of a lot of science writers. Finding the object – HD 131399 – meant that “astronomers have discovered a planet with an even more exotic sight on … Continue reading Triple sunrise, triple sunset: Science paper retracted when it turns out a planet is a star
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Science retracts paper co-authored by high-profile scientist and former Dutch minister
Science has retracted a 13-year-old paper, five years after data sleuth Elisabeth Bik first raised questions about issues with the images in the article. The paper, “Secondary siRNAs result from unprimed RNA synthesis and form a distinct class,” appeared in 2007 and was written by a group of researchers in the Netherlands and Switzerland. The … Continue reading Science retracts paper co-authored by high-profile scientist and former Dutch minister
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Science retracts paper as authors blame pandemic for image issues
Science has retracted a paper it published in July by a group of authors in China over concerns about two images in the article — problems the researchers have attributed to chaos in their group due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper, “Proton transport enabled by a field-induced metallic state in a semiconductor heterostructure,” was … Continue reading Science retracts paper as authors blame pandemic for image issues
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Authors retract highly cited 2014 Science paper
The authors of a 2014 paper in Science have retracted it, after becoming aware that impurities in the chemicals they used for their experiments may have generated the apparent findings. The paper, “Ammonia synthesis by N2 and steam electrolysis in molten hydroxide suspensions of nanoscale Fe2O3,” has been cited 323 times, according to Clarivate Analytics’ … Continue reading Authors retract highly cited 2014 Science paper
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Too hot to handle: Authors retract Science paper on electromagnetics
Sometimes scientific findings can be too hot to handle. Literally. A team of researchers in India and Japan who reported breakthrough results in two papers about electromagnetics, including an article in Science, are retracting the articles because the exciting data resulted from experimental error. To be precise: unbeknownst to them, inadvertent heating of their samples … Continue reading Too hot to handle: Authors retract Science paper on electromagnetics
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Nobel winner retracts paper from Science
A Caltech researcher who shared the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has retracted a 2019 paper after being unable to replicate the results. Frances Arnold, who won half of the 2018 prize for her work on the evolution of enzymes, tweeted the news earlier today: The paper has been cited once, according to Clarivate Analytics’ … Continue reading Nobel winner retracts paper from Science
Kyoto University suspends first author of retracted Kumamoto quake paper
The first author of a now-retracted paper in Science about the effects of the deadly 2016 Kumamoto earthquake in Japan has been suspended from his university position for one year. Aiming Lin, of the Department of Geophysics at Kyoto University, was sanctioned by the institution for misconduct stemming from his misuse of data and plagiarism … Continue reading Kyoto University suspends first author of retracted Kumamoto quake paper
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