For the first time in its 68-year history, the World Health Organization (WHO) has concluded that researchers are guilty of research misconduct.
Purdue University officials today announced that a second and final internal inquiry has cleared bubble-fusion researcher Rusi Taleyarkhan of all allegations of research misconduct.
Officials at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, have launched a new inquiry into bubble fusion researcher Rusi Taleyarkhan, just months after exonerating him of research misconduct.
Disciplinary actions would be taken against any researcher, institution or sponsor who is guilty of research misconduct or violates the national code or institutional guidelines.
Eight years after questions were first raised about the work of Duke University cancer researcher Anil Potti, federal officials have found him guilty of research misconduct.
Eight years after questions were first raised about the work of Duke University cancer researcher Anil Potti, federal officials have found Potti guilty of research misconduct.
The investigation also focused on Sasai and two other employees, though those three were not accused of research misconduct.
After the initial controversy surrounding Mr. Churchill, faculty members leaped to defend his right to free speech, but that support eroded after the accusations of research misconduct.
"This review was not conducted to the standard to be expected of any reputable inquiry into allegations of research misconduct," they wrote.
Known cases of research misconduct -- defined as making up data, changing the data or the results to misrepresent the experiments, or copying other scientists' work -- are rare.
From what I have seen, there is no evidence of research misconduct, but the only way to clear the air now is through an investigation.
