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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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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

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 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 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.

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.

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.

The article reports on the science funding in Great Britain. This paper gives observation on the changing landscapes in the funding that the government provides. Research councils may be pressured to deliver results as the government now seeks for results to the long and heavily invested science researches. Scientists had enjoyed tremendous funding in the past decade and the government wants to see results as indicated by the council documents implying economic competitiveness and social impacts.

Reports on developments related to scientific research as of September 15, 2005. Genes involved in controlling bone formation; Link between BRCA2 gene and prostate and pancreatic cancer; Control of activity of enzymes.

Reports on the results of various scientific research published as of June 23, 2005. Finding that ascorbic acid can act as a delivery vehicle; Indication that disrupting even a single copy of the Foxp2 gene impedes the ability of baby mice to call out to their mother; Identification of a new role for the BRCA1 protein in maintaining the integrity of DNA in normal cells.

The article highlights several research projects in different fields of science. Monte Carlo simulations are often used to look for equilibrium states in systems with many interacting components. Cells resting on stiff surfaces are better at taking up genes delivered by non-viral carriers; they also express these genes more readily. Bacteria induce mutations in their genome when put under stress. This finding might offer a way to combat the emergence of antibiotic resistance. Plants can be useful factories for manufacturing foreign proteins. But permanently modified crops carry environmental risks, and transient infection with a transgene is too inefficient to be of industrial use.

Investigates the controversy regarding the use of digital photography and image-manipulation software in biology. Source of wrong scientific conclusions; Consequences of image manipulation; Ethics of image-making during postgraduate courses; Ways to prevent or curtail image manipulation; Recommendations for biologists.

This article comments on the meeting in Europe related to creating a research council that is best in science. The first pan-European meeting on science and technology in society is being held August 2004 in Stockholm. There is a session on the proposed European Research Council (ERG), now being discussed by the European Commission in Brussels. Many advocates of an ERG lament the gap in research and development spending, as a percentage of national wealth, between the United States and the established European Union members.

The article reports developments related to science taken from various Web sites. Editor Juan Carlos Lopez of "Nature Medicine," said that it was fascinating to see how difficult it was for some people to understand that scientific publishing costs money and that there are different models to recover the costs. Nature Publishing Group's license policy is consistent with a newly issued requirement by the U.S. National Institute of Health.

Presents a narrative of how a post-doctorate scientist took a risk by turning down a secure position to follow a challenge from a senior scientist. Speech by Lars Ernster in 1959 about the uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation by L-thyroxine, the precursor to active thyroid hormone; Quick succession of unexpected results which enabled him to return to a secure career path.

Presents a first-person narrative of a scientist making a tough decision to abandon a research project on a biophysical problem. Indication that the problem remained elusive even after two years of research; Observation that a new project means the opportunity to dive into a subject in which more knowledge and experience is available.

Discusses the formation of a European Research Area. European research commissioner Philippe Busquin and his work in reforming European scientific research; Political structure of Europe which puts its research community at a disadvantage; Necessity of support from the member states; Calls of science members for European Union member states to open their national research programs to non-national research projects.

States that the United States leads the world in the impact its research makes in almost every scientific domain as of late 1998. Chart of impact measures rebased against world baseline; Super-Units of Assessment (UOA) performance for comparator countries, including England, Canada and France; Two key impressions that emerge from the international overview.

The article focuses on the relationship between the disciplines of biology and physics. As the need for funds increase, biologists were drawn to acquire not just financial assistance but intellectual interests and multidisciplinary research from other fields of science as well. Researchers have inculcated principles from the physicists and biologists in their quest of knowledge. However, the author asserted the importance of ensuring the collaborations to be most productive among the areas involved, in such a way that they could create better techniques and building models to answer scientific inquiries.

The article reports research news from various scientific disciplines. Mutant glial cells may be responsible for the neurodegeneration associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Ants have spines on their forelegs that are opposable and used for carrying objects. Some species of leech used in European medicine may have been misidentified.

The author expresses his view on the real foundations of physicists who study solid-state physics. The author said that the perception of most people regarding physics is that it is only understandable by a chosen few and that the object of their studies are just ordinary things. However, the author believes that most of their research supports modern technologies including cars, computers, televisions to telecommunications.

The article highlights several research on science including the disruptive effects of cannabis on memory by interfering with the synchronous firing of brain cells, the use of nanoparticles of iron-cobalt alloy that could enhance the contrast of magnetic resonance imaging for medical scans and the discovery of a gene known as fruitless that could determine the differences between the fighting styles of female and male fruitflies.

The article presents abstracts of several research in science. These research includes "Size matters," "Werner gene silenced," "Mach of the locusts," "Space rock rendezvous," "Beyond expectations," "From curse to cure," "Feel the force," "Sharing the inheritance," "Phased and confused," and "Pee for protection."

Presents several research published in several periodicals. Reference of the result of the Supernova Legacy Survey supporting the idea that the expansion of the Universe is driven by a cosmological constant; Progress in the research on gene therapy conducted by researchers at the University of Tokyo; Details of the research on the capability of planarian flatworms to regenerate themselves.

Reports on results of research related to science and nature. Registered flex in the Earth's crust in the Amazon basin; Pathophysiology of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1; First genome-wide map of gene regulation in yeast.

The article presents corrections to the articles including "Germany hits science high" and "Grass gets greener" in the 2013 issue of the periodical.

The article reports that the example set everyday by thousands of senior researchers in the laboratory is the best safeguard against scientific misconduct. There is a need to focus attention to nurturing the right framework for investigations and to set up appropriate sanctions in an effective, cross-institutional manner in case of misconduct.

Examines the professional status of scientists and science researchers. Problems associated with the system of tenure as applied to scientists; Activities of scientists; Misconceptions about the functions of scientists.

Focuses on Italy's research organizations which are undergoing a major process of reform in 2001. Factors that would change science in Italy; Discussion on the importance of Italian science.

Editorial. Discusses British government policy on the future of higher education. The danger in basing the policy only on the advice of the Dearing committee; Question of whether research will be given an adequate priority; Need for streamlining and cross-referencing peer assessment across government agencies; Issue of advocacy to government; Need for lobbying skills.