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How journals are fighting back against a wave of questionable images
Science
Journals are making an effort to detect manipulated images of the gels used to analyse proteins and DNA.Credit: Shutterstock It seems that ...
The open-science movement for sharing laboratory materials gains momentum
Science
More practitioners are needed to support the open-science movement to disseminate materials such as bacterial DNA plasmids.Credit: Daniela Beckmann/Science Photo Library Lenny ...
Fingertip oxygen sensors can fail on dark skin — now a physician is suing
Health
Pulse oximeters shine light through the skin and measure how much of it is absorbed by the blood to determine blood-oxygen levels.Credit: ...
ChatGPT generates fake data set to support scientific hypothesis
Science
The artificial-intelligence model that powers ChatGPT can create superficially plausible scientific data sets.Credit: Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Researchers have used the ...
modelling marine microbes is key to climate forecasts
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Marine microorganisms are crucial for ocean health. Bacteria, archaea, fungi, algae and viruses make up most of the biomass in the seas ...