This is going to be a book review and it is not going to be a nice one and I am definitely not going to be recommending this book. Not for the first time I have to serious ask why publishers don’t employ fact checkers and in this case whether the prominent authors, who glowing […]

Unacknowledged post-publication alterations, or stealth corrections, in peer-reviewed papers could signal deeper issues with transparency in scientific publishing, researchers have warned in a preprint. René Aquarius, a biomedical scientist at Radbound University Medical Centre in Nijmegen, Netherlands, and his fellow research-integrity sleuths, report 131 cases of what they call ‘stealth corrections’, where journals amend papers […]

The ability of researchers to carry out scientific research and disseminate its results remains a significant challenge in many African countries, according to a new report from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). It notes that Africa represents 12.5% of the global population but contributes less than 1% to research output and […]

Proposals for the new definition of the tetrel bond will be available for community review in 2025, according to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry’s (Iupac) committee chair Giuseppe Resnati. The announcement follows the release of the pnictogen bond recommendations earlier this year as part of a 20-year mission to formally clarify the […]