Milestone Stem-Cell Paper Shows Signs Of Cheating, But The Cells Could Still...
Some of the data in a milestone stem-cell paper were faked, an investigation found today. Yet the stem cells the team claimed to have made could still be real. It's up to…
View Article5 Science And Technology Claims That Should Be Jokes But Aren't
This April Fools' Day, we're feeling grumpy. Below are five major claims that have crossed our science-and-technology radar in the past few months, and that we only wish…
View ArticleLead Author Agrees To Retract A Milestone Stem Cell Paper
The lead author of two controversial stem cell papers has agreed to retract some of her work, Nature News reports. The papers, published in January, claimed to have found…
View Article'Milestone' Easy-To-Make Stem Cells Never Existed, Investigation Suggests
The stem cells that scientists announced they’d created in January may never have existed, Nature News reports. The stem cell discovery, at first hailed as a milestone, has come under fire over the...
View ArticleNature Retracts Two Long-Troubled Stem Cell Papers
The journal Nature has finally retracted two major studies it published in January, which claimed to have found new and easy ways to turn regular cells into stem cells. Not long after the papers first...
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The Volkswagen Scandal Is A Roundhouse Kick In the Head to Innovation
The Volkswagen the EA211 TSI diesel engine 2015A four-cylinder turbocharged and direct-injection engine introduced by Volkswagen with great fanfare in August 2015, just a few months before the...
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Volkswagen CEO Resigns Over Emissions Scandal
Martin Winterkorn, Former CEO Of VolkswagenVolkswagen Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsToday Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned today, following a scandal that broke late last week over emissions...
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EPA announces more testing to catch cheaters like Volkswagen
"Volkswagen at home in America," a press photo from Volkswagen's earlier, happier timesVolkswagenToday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced additional vehicle emissions testing in...
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Volkswagen Fraud Is Getting Worse, And This Is Just The Beginning
Volkswagen LogoGerry Lauzon/FlickrCC by 2.0The scale of the Volkswagen emissions fraud is expanding, a black, dirty sinkhole that is dragging a spirit of innovation, the CEO, billions of dollars, and...
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As Clouds Grow Darker Over Volkswagen, What’s Next For The Automotive Giant?
Volkswagen logoGerry Lauzon/Flickr CC by 2.0This has been a particularly dramaticweek for floundering automotive giant Volkswagen—one that played out with an air of intrigue and subterfuge that’s...
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