Research
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News
CUNY Halts Investigation of Alzheimer’s Researcher
Citing questions about the integrity of the process, the university said that “no final action” had been taken.
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US
Google Search Boss Says Company Invests to Avoid Becoming ‘Roadkill’
At the start of its antitrust defense, Google attributed its success to relentless investment, countering government claims that it broke the law to stay ahead.
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Newyork
Think Your City Mouse Has an Attitude? These Scientists Want to Find Out.
A research study is examining how mice that live in cities, close to humans, may have evolved differently from their country cousins.
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News
An Industry Insider Drives an Open Alternative to Big Tech’s A.I.
The nonprofit Allen Institute for AI, led by a respected computer scientist who sold his company to Apple, is trying to democratize cutting-edge research.
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Newyork
Roland Griffiths, Who Led a Renaissance in Psychedelics, Dies at 77
The drugs had been the third rail of scientific inquiry. But in a landmark study, he saw them as a legitimate way to help alleviate suffering and even to reach a mystical state.
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News
Scientists Offer a New Explanation for Long Covid
In some patients, remnants of the coronavirus in the gut may stifle production of serotonin, an important neurotransmitter, researchers suggest.
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Science
Lab Leak Fight Casts Chill Over Virology Research
Scientists doing “gain-of-function” research said that heightened fears of lab leaks are stalling studies that could thwart the next pandemic virus.
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Books
Facing Scrutiny, a Museum That Holds 12,000 Human Remains Changes Course
The American Museum of Natural History said it would address its collecting of remains, which stretched into the 1940s and included practices now viewed as abusive and racist.
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Newyork
Ryuzo Yanagimachi, Researcher Who Cloned Mice, Dies at 95
Working separately from the Scottish team that had earlier cloned Dolly the sheep, he and his team pioneered an easier, more successful method.
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News
Scientists Investigating Alzheimer’s Drug Faulted in Leaked Report
A professor at the City College of New York engaged in “significant research misconduct,” an expert committee concluded.