News tagged with research fraud

Probe into faked studies rocks medical community

A trail-blazing anesthesiologist, whose research shaped pain-relief for millions around the world, has been fabricating data for more than a decade, a hospital where he once practiced claimed Saturday.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (15) | comments 4

Lessons from Schon -- the worst physics fraudster?

How did a 31-year-old physicist working at Bell Labs in New Jersey, US, get away with possibly the worst case of physics research fraud known? From claims to have made the world's first organic electrical laser to the fictional ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 5

Swedish Research Council to bar cheaters

Barred for up to ten years from receiving research grants from the Swedish Research Council. There will be serious consequences for the few researchers who are guilty of plagiarism, falsification, or inventing results.

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tech exec pleads guilty to insider trading

A technology company executive pleaded guilty to providing confidential information on Apple and other companies, as part of a massive insider-trading probe.

Technology / Business

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0