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Scientific wiki solves the 'who wrote what' problem

Technology / Internet

created Aug 27, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Reporting in Nature Genetics, and working in conjunction with Society in Science, the ETH Zurich-administered fund that is dedicated to exploring new avenues in the relationship between science and society, scientist Robert ...





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New strategies to tackle medical ghostwriting are debated

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Better strategies to tackle ghostwriting in the medical literature are the subject of a debate by leading authors in next week's issue of the open-access journal PLoS Medicine. Ghostwriting is scientific misconduct, argues ...


Use of ghostwriters, guest authors appears frequent for studies involving rofecoxib

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 15, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An examination of medical articles about rofecoxib (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug) and court documents from litigation related to this product indicates that company employees or other unacknowledged authors were ...


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Probing Question: Did Shakespeare really write all those plays?

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 04, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (51) | comments 19

“Done to death by slanderous tongues.” So wrote William Shakespeare in his play, Much Ado About Nothing. Or did he? Even people who have never actually read Shakespeare have heard the theories: Shakespeare’s ...


Lost in the middle: author order matters, new paper says

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 05, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Rare is the scientific paper today written by a single author. With research being conducted by teams of scientists, most studies now boast a half-dozen or so authors. According to a new study led by a scientist at the Oklahoma ...


Almost 30 percent of cancer studies report conflict of interest

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4

A new analysis finds that a considerable number of clinical cancer studies published in respected medical journals have financial connections to pharmaceutical companies. Published in the June 15, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer ...


Computerized Analysis Helps Researchers Define Shakespeare's Work Using 'Literary Fingerprint'

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 27, 2006 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (12) | comments 0

A team of researchers that includes scholars from the University of Massachusetts Amherst is using computerized analysis of the writing of William Shakespeare to dispel lingering doubts about his authorship of many works ...


The art of faking it: gallery puts forgeries on show

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The National Gallery in London will exhibit a collection of fake and wrongly-attributed paintings next year, in a show exploring how modern science has lifted the lid on centuries of forgery.


Texts to reveal 'Whodunnit'

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 10, 2006 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Psychologists at the University of Leicester are to investigate texting language to provide new tools for criminal investigation.


A one-stop shop for minimal information standards

Biology /

created Aug 08, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

More than 20 grass-roots standardisation groups, led by scientists at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), have combined forces to form the "Minimum Information about ...


First functional stem-cell niche model created

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created Dec 10, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Like it or not, your living room probably says a lot about you. Given a few uninterrupted moments to poke around, a stranger could probably get a pretty good idea of your likes and dislikes, and maybe even your future plans. ...



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