A recent study published in Public Understanding of Science has shed light on how retractions of scientific papers, intended to correct errors and maintain the integrity of research, can be twisted on ...

More leading American scientists have had papers retracted than the number of Chinese, British, Japanese and German researchers combined, according to a study published in PLOS Biology on January 30.

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William Matthaeus, the Martin A. Pomerantz Chair of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware, has won UD’s highest faculty honor — the Francis Alison Award — in recognition of his ...

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