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Neuron activity shows that the brain uses different systems for counting up to four, and for five or more....

Researchers say that the model behind the chatbot fabricated a convincing bogus database, but a forensic examination shows it doesn’t pass for authentic.

Nature talks to Sholto David about his process for flagging image manipulation and his tips for scientists under scrutiny.

Researchers catalogue more than 3,000 different types of cell in our most complex organ.

Models trained on large data sets of seismic events can estimate the number of aftershocks better than conventional models do.

npj Vaccines - Duration of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine persistence and factors associated with cardiac involvement in recently vaccinated patients

Observing this simple phenomenon had eluded physicists for decades.

The number of retractions issued for research articles in 2023 has passed 10,000 — smashing annual records — as publishers struggle to clean up a slew of sham papers and peer-review fraud. Among large research-producing nations, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Russia and China have the highest retraction rates over the past two...

Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov receive the prize for their work on glowing nanoparticles that are used in fields from electronics to surgery.

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman developed immunizations amid an unprecedented pandemic at record-breaking speed.

Researchers publicly call out theory that they say is not well supported by science, but that gets undue attention....

As US policymakers spar over how to regulate research involving potentially harmful pathogens, a report finds that it will be difficult to do so without compromising studies that are necessary for creating vaccines and life-saving therapies....

Some Japanese researchers feel that AI systems trained on foreign languages cannot grasp the intricacies of Japanese language and culture.