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Reports on the controversy created by a stem cell paper by a team of German biologists published in the 2004 issue of "Applied Physics". Public announcement of the research as a breakthrough in adult stem-cell technology; Protests against research using embryonic lines; Criticisms of the research.

Examines the politics of scientific publication. Role of authors, reviewers and editors in protecting the quality of research; Trends in making decisions about the publication of a scientific paper; Implications for research and publication in biomedical science.

The article looks at research that uses online databases and network analysis to come up with some rules of thumb for productive collaborations. It discusses science's increasingly collaborative nature, and the factors that determine a team's success. The article highlights the results of a study by sociologist Brian Uzzi of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and colleagues, which analyzed more than two million patents along with nearly 20 million papers published since 1955. It examines key issues relating to productive collaborations.

The article reports on the efforts of U.S. government to make scientific research available for all. It reports that the accessibility offered by the Internet has transformed science publishing over the past decade. The government of the U.S. is making efforts to make all federally funded research available for free. The new system will make huge numbers of scientific articles publicly available for all. It reports that such archives will basically contain the final versions of the manuscripts written by the authors. There was an increase in public access in late 2007 when the U.S. Congress passed a bill and made it compulsory for scientists funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) to deposit their papers within 12 months of publication.

Provides facts on various issues related to science in Great Britain. Enlargement of a British-owned island in the South Atlantic due to volcanic eruption; Creation of a paper plane that could travel farther than 30 meters by students at the University of Leeds; Citation of a study indicating the potential for spending time with dolphins to help dispel depression.

The article discusses a research misconduct case that damaged the reputation of the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) in Kobe, Japan. Topics include papers on pluripotent stem cells in the journal "Nature" that discussed the use of the stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) technique by biochemist Haruko Obokata, a committee report led by materials scientist Teruo Kishi, and the impact of media scrutiny on the scandal.

Focuses on scientific fraud and misconduct. Debate about how many cases of fraud occur in scientific research; Agreement that scientific fraud must be dealt with and eliminated; Explanation of the process of fraud investigation in the United States and in Europe; National committees versus local committees in investigating misconduct; Germany as a leader in instituting procedures for handling and preventing scientific misconduct. INSETS: Japanese scandals raise public distrust;Editors debate whether to blow the whistle on suspect papers;US stalls on new definitions of misconduct.

Reports on the impact that the Internet is having on the publishing of scholarly journals, the influence of scientists, and the authority of learned societies. Decision of Denmark's Technical Knowledge Center and Library in Lyngby to provide scientific journals only through the World Wide Web; Other countries that are moving in the same direction, including the United States; Cost of the printed page compared to the electronic page; Difficulty presented to libraries; Recourse taken by libraries. INSETS: User consortia emerge as `brokers.';Preserving papers for posterity;Roll over Gutenberg.

Reports on developments related to science published in "Nature" periodical. Availability of the book "The Spirit of Liberty: Papers and Addresses of Learned Hand"; Abatement of the dust nuisance.

The article focuses on the issue regarding assessment and funding of science-based disciplines in England. Accordingly, the Higher Education Founding Council for England has announced that the assessment and funding of science-based disciplines will in future be based on citation rates per paper, aggregated for each subject group at each institution. It is then pointed out that the changes in performance indicators always strongly influence individual and institutional behavior will no doubt become a staple of conversation. Discussions on citation practices are also discussed.

A letter to the editor is presented about the common words found in the result or conclusion of abstracts of scientific research papers.

The article presents numerical facts on various issues published during the year 2005 in the science journal "Nature." A total of 900 papers were published during the year describing original research. Nuclear fusion was identified as the most accessed paper during the period. There were 2,469 authors who contributed to research in the physical sciences during 2005.

The article discusses the changes in science in the digital age. The digital revolution transforms the creation, storage and transfer of knowledge which changes the paths scientists traverse to reach the goals of science. Scientists are able to access almost all important resources of literature with an Internet terminal. It is considered that the existence of high-tech lab equipment makes it easier to get more information, but, it does not necessarily improve science.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article about the uncertainty of science in shaping policy and its sustainable development goals in the 2012 issue.

The article focuses on the career of biologist Alina Vrabioiu. After finishing high school in Romania, she went to the U.S. and studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After receiving PhD in biology from Harvard University, she co-authored a paper with her adviser, professor Tim Mitchison.

The article reports on the demise of the Brief Communications section of the "Nature" periodical at the end of 2006. Articles and full-scale research papers are reviewed in the section. Some of the articles dealt with rat robots, Neolithic noodles and a cloned cat. Some of the reasons for the closure of the section are discussed including the demand for greater detail in presentation.

Presents various research on biological sciences published between July and September 2005 issue of the journal "Nature."

A letter to the editor is presented about the criticism of criteria for the Nature Index.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Cinderella science," by Euan Nisbet in the December 2007 issue.

The article focuses on the review articles published in the "Nature" journal. Recent developments in a topical area of scientific research are included in review and progress articles. Themed collections of reviews and related material are published as insights. Papers of outstanding interest that are setting new standards are progress articles.

Focuses on the difficulties in pursuing science in regional universities in Chile. Size and influence of competing universities for government funding; Research being conducted by Marco Cisternas.

Presents books related to science. "Religion and Science: Some Suggestions for the Study of the Relations Between Them," by P. N. Waggett; "Buy English Acres," by C. F. Dowsett; "The Collected Papers of Peter J. W. Debye.'

Presents several views on a commentary about the mislocations of credits in science by Peter Lawrence. Functions of the principal investigator; Variation on sociology of authorship; Reason for giving credits to the achievements of principal investigator.

Shares the author's observation on the working relationship between artists and particle physicists. Reference to an exhibition of work of art exhibited internationally; Reaction of artists to the insights offered by particle physicists; Impression on the physics involved in crumpling a piece of paper.

The article discusses problems with bias in relation to the reproducibility of research results. Topics include psychological aspects of scientific research in relation to asymmetric attention, the role of transparency in science, and collaboration on projects by rival teams of researchers. The use of blind data analysis is addressed.

The article maintains that sharing data helps to avert scandals and improve the quality of research. According to a scientist at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, Diederik Stapel, psychology is a field of science that uncovered a disastrous case of prolonged misconduct. Further it suggests that psychology researchers blind their data collection to confounding effects.

Comments on the article "Isolation is not the answer," by Thomas May, published in the 2004 issue of the periodical "Nature". European progress towards the goal of harmonizing international research on high-risk biological agents; Activities that speed the development of viable vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostic tools; Efforts to combat bioterrorism.

Reports on French scientists' threat to resign from all management duties to pressure the government to address a financial crisis at research agencies. Overview on French president Jacques Chirac's 2002 election pledge to increase science spending; Scientists' call for the reinstatement of full-time research posts that have ben turned into short-term contracts; Demand for the revamp of France's science system.

Reports that the "Nature" magazine will increase the number of publications in its Brief Communications Arising (BCA) section. Publication of articles online; Types of letters and articles published in the BCA section; Improvements in the magazine's navigation for readers.

Profiles scientist Jean-Pierre Luminet. Courage to acknowledge the passionate engagement that potentially flows undetected beneath the dry crust of the standard scientific paper; Creativity in art and science; Visualization of a finite universe.

Focuses on possible difficulties in use of the Internet-based public arena for post-publication comment on scientific papers. Disadvantages of free availability of information to all on a website for science and scientists.

Focuses on the frustrations of scientists in applying for research grants. Indeterminable delays in approving research grants; Acts of bureaucratic incompetence.

Explores the connection between science and poetry. Effectiveness of poetry in reconciling the contradictory aspects of life; Extent of pressure involved in science compared with poetry; Role of simile in embracing the association between poetry and the physical world.

Comments on the state of scientific research in Germany. Suspicions against researchers which were revealed during a two-year analysis of research papers; Charges which were brought against Friedhelm Herrmann and Roland Mertelsmann; Opinion that promotion should be based on an assessment of quality, not quantity, of research.

The article presents a profile of the proceedings of the 2014 International Symposium on Research Assessment and Evaluation, held in Shanghai, China held in October 2014, focusing on the primary theme of boosting the quality of scientific research being conducted in China. Featured presenters mentioned include Yang Jianrong, Kurt Würthrich, and David Sweeney.

The article focuses on the efforts of journal editors in dealing with scientific fraud. Due to the costliness of examining every submitted paper for fabrication, editors analyzes some papers in which the raw data are suspect. Journals are in the process of assessing automated computer searches on submitted data. Nowadays, editors tend to challenge research papers that they think are suspicious.

The article focuses on the usefulness of computer tools in detecting fraudulent images in research papers. This could help journal editors identify suspicious images before they are published. Some medical journals have already used the tool in checking submitted manuscripts. The only concern of using the tool is the slow process involved in checking research papers.

The article discusses the changes in American science under the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama. Robert Wall, a U.S. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) federal scientist, observed that there is an increasing caution and sensitivity at his department towards animal transgenics and cloning. It says that some federal scientist feel that Obama's administration has not realized its promises toward science, instantiating the difficulty that scientists face in getting approval from ARS.

In this article the author discusses the solution provided by the experiment Polymath Project in solving difficult mathematical problems. He notes that the Project aims to identify an elementary proof of a special case of the density Hales-Jewett theorem (DHJ), which is a central result of combinatorics. The author believes that significant cultural changes in science and the development of new online tools will lead to the widespread use of mass collaboration in many fields of science.

Explores the integration of science in the works of fiction. Tendency for the mysteries of mimicry to show the phenomena of artistic perfection; Citation of several fictional works dealing with scientific phenomena; Inclination of contemporary writers in dealing with the scientific process.

Examines career prospects for scientists in the Benelux countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. State of scientific research and state-based funding in each country; Number of papers published in the Netherlands between 1992 and 1996; Competition for academic jobs in each place; Belgium's problems with history and culture. INSETS: Search the web for jobs;Belgian biotech boom brings skill shortage.

The article reports on a study conducted by Isaac Kohane and his colleagues at Harvard Medical School Center for Biomedical Informatics in Boston, Massachusetts, that shows that shorter geographical distance between authors on a research paper can make a better citation of their project. It shows that when researchers within a building collaborate, the more highly cited were their papers. Moreover, it looks into the connection between building proximity and impact in scientific productivity.

The article discusses issues related to the decision to make Leopoldina as national academy of sciences in Germany, along with some benefits that the academy could offer to the country. It cites that Germany will benefit from a national academy that can provide genuinely independent advice on scientific questions. The author claims that the Leopoldina which is established in 1652 shows its independence, moral and scientific integrity. Other relevant issues on the establishment of national academy of science in Germany, along with the scientific reputation of Leopoldina are discussed.

Presents quotations of executives in the field of science and technology in the U.S. Description of Andrew Coates, space researcher, on the a probe of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, that crashed into the Tempel 1 comet; Justification of Bruce Alberts, president of the National Academy of Sciences, on the publication of a paper modeling a bioterrorist attack with botulinum toxin; Explanation of Marc Wolfson on the Department of Health and Human Services' objections to the botulinum paper.

There is often a point in research of a mathematical nature when the solution to a problem is sensed before it is proved. An anticipatory instinct tells when something feels right. For someone publishing a scientific paper, the proof is of course essential. Alex Colville, a Canadian artist of his time, works with a slow-burning meditative persistence on the geometrical structures that underlie his pictures. The concept for the picture is triggered by his vision of a pregnant moment in the life of things.

Focuses on the role of the Internet in the field of science. Reduction in delays in scientific debate; Importance of peer-reviewed publications to careers of researchers.

Discusses the issue of scientific openness and security in the United States. Risks presented by the process of scientific publication on national security; Efforts exerted by U.S. agencies to assure security without hindering the freedom of scientific publication.

Describes efforts to evaluate Germany's research system. Foreign experts assessing the Max Planck Society (MPS) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); How the groups are generally viewed; Problems with science in Germany; Weakness of the evaluation process; The political independence of the DFG; Funding for the research system; Use of the Harnack principle; Need for national research systems to be evaluated occasionally.