A European project calls for help to verify whether carbon quantum dots are really able to sense chemicals in cells.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Amanda Kay Montoya, University of California, Los Angeles (THE CONVERSATION) Back in ...

72% of participants agreed there was a reproducibility crisis in biomedicine, with 27% of participants indicating the crisis was “significant.” The leading perceived cause of irreproducibility was a ...

The trouble with FDA's move to require only one study for new drugs ...

A meadow grasshopper (Pseudochorthippus parallelus). This species is widespread across most of Europe and is commonly used as a model organism in evolutionary biology. If an experiment is repeated ...

Join the NanoBubbles initiative as researchers aim to replicate key findings on quantum dots and copper ions, tackling scientific reproducibility challenges.

Despite decades of discussion around reproducibility, many of the same problems, such as selective reporting, publication bias, and overworked peer reviewers, persist. The question is no longer ...

Back in high school chemistry, I remember waiting with my bench partner for crystals to form on our stick in the cup of blue solution. Other groups around us jumped with joy when their crystals formed ...

Some research teams work on replicating prior studies to assess the value of a body of work. AzmanL/E+ via Getty Images Back in high school chemistry, I remember waiting with my bench partner for ...