Competition and the death of science
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Competition among scientists has resulted in a dearth of research papers and significant discoveries. The incidence of fraud, misrepresentation and scientific perversions may have been rare, but competition, when escalated to unhealthy levels may not only damage individuals but the progress of science as well. Scientific journals may have unwittingly supported this competition with the way they favor one article over another. An incident involving the publication of an article by California Institute of Biology researcher and Nature magazine is related.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1993
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Endless ripples on the sands of time
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Hiraku Nishimori and Noriyuki Ouchi of Japan's Ibaraki University have produced an explanation for the ripple effect of sand waves. They claim that the effects of the shear stress of the wind blowing a grain of sand and the vertical gradient of the wind velocity combine to form the controlling parameter in determining saltation. A computer equation shows that the greater the wind, the wider apart the ripples. The equations can be applied to existing ripples, predicting increase or decrease in height, but cannot be solved explicitly.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1993
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Inquiry into misconduct excoriates Michigan State
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Investigators of a case of scientific misconduct by a Michigan State University (MSU) graduate and PHd student criticized the school's own conduct in an as yet unpublished report. The investigation concerned charges that student Maie ElKassaby improperly concealed data from her coworkers while researching parasitic worm diseases between 1987 and 1990. The report urges that ElKassaby be expelled and that MSU reform its graduate and PHd programs.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1993
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