Fraud alert
Physicists must be wary of fraud
Read article: The might of military research
The might of military research
The secret world of defence science
A very strange year
2002 was full of highs and lows
In the matter of J Hendrik Schön
What lessons can we learn from the misconduct at Bell Labs?
Read article: Reputations at risk
Reputations at risk
Recent scandals in physics research have not improved its image
Read article: Bell Labs in the spotlight
Bell Labs in the spotlight
Heavyweight panel probes allegations of data fabrication
Standard setting in radiation protection
A more detailed review by William Mills of the International Radiation Protection Association and past president of the US Health Physics Society appears in the March issue of Physics World. In Permis...
Read article: The social conscience of scientists
The social conscience of scientists
Joseph Rotblat says scientists need to accept responsibility for the human and environmental consequences of their research,.
Too many journals in China
The number of papers published by Chinese scientists in journals monitored by the US-based Institute for Scientific Information has grown from 3475 in 1983 to 10 033 in 1997. However, the proportion p...
Read article: Ethics enters the 21st century
Ethics enters the 21st century
When the great and the good met at the World Conference on Science in Budapest in June, one question was on many people’s lips. How much has science changed since the previous World Conference h...
