See on Scoop.it – Dernières nouvelles Kyoto University is set to select a new president from outside the school’s faculty, doing away with nearly a century-old tradition of voting for an in-house candidate. See...
See on Scoop.it – Dernières nouvelles Astronomers announced Monday they have discovered what many consider the holy grail of their field: ripples in the fabric of space-time that are echoes of the massive expansion...
See on Scoop.it – Dernières nouvelles Embattled researcher Haruko Obokata, whose findings on a new method to create pluripotent cells have been called into doubt, offered to retract her doctoral dissertation following allegations she...
See on Scoop.it – Dernières nouvelles Although two high-profile research articles on stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) cells were found to be flawed in an interim investigatory report by Riken, the state-affiliated institute stopped...
See on Scoop.it – Dernières nouvelles Jubilant cheers and hopes for medical breakthroughs have been replaced by apologetic words and embarrassing revelations in a widening scandal that has engulfed Japan’s scientific community. See on...