Japan's top research institute on Friday hammered the final nail in the coffin of what was once billed as a ground-breaking stem cell study, dismissing it as flawed and saying the work could have been fabricated.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 26, 2014
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Researchers at UT have made a novel discovery that may potentially protect the world from future collisions with asteroids.
Space Exploration
Aug 13, 2014
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The biological world around us is dominated by multicellular plants and animals. All of these intricate forms have evolved from far simpler, single celled ancestors.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 6, 2014
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A new study of historical carbon dioxide levels stresses urgent action is needed to avoid prehistoric levels of climate change.
Earth Sciences
Jun 1, 2021
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Each year, millions of people fail to vote without reproach. Does abstention constitute a citizen's right not to vote? This article in Australian Journal of Political Science explores whether we have a legal right to a 'no ...
Social Sciences
Apr 29, 2015
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(Phys.org) —Randy Schekman winner (with colleagues) of the Nobel Prize this year in the Physiology or Medicine category for his work that involved describing how materials are carried to different parts of cells, has stirred ...
Some of Japan's top scientists have been unable to reproduce results of what was once billed as a ground-breaking stem cell study, but which spiralled into a scandal that included a respected researcher's suicide, reports ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 18, 2014
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Scientists have identified a molecule that enables starfish to carry out one of the most remarkable forms of feeding in the natural world.
Plants & Animals
Aug 1, 2013
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Scientists digging in a Namibian national park have uncovered sponge-like fossils they say are the first animals, a discovery that would push the emergence of animal life back millions of years.
Paleontology & Fossils
Feb 6, 2012
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The online classified service Craigslist has cost US newspapers at least $5 billion in revenue since 2000, researchers say.
Economics & Business
Aug 14, 2013
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