Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Physicist Ranga Dias was once a rising star in the field of superconductivity research.Credit: Lauren Petracca/New York Times/Redux/eyevine Ranga Dias, the physicist at the centre of the room-temperature superconductivity scandal, committed data fabrication, falsification and plagiarism, … Read more
Ranga Dias, the physicist at the centre of the room-temperature superconductivity scandal, committed data fabrication, falsification and plagiarism, according to a investigation commissioned by his university. Nature’s news team discovered the bombshell investigation report in court documents. The 10-month investigation, which concluded on 8 February, was carried out by an independent group of scientists recruited … Read more
Intel is a name that’s almost synonymous with the CPUs that power some of the best PCs and best laptops around today. Alongside AMD, Intel dominates a market that many argue it first cornered 45 years ago with the launch of its 8088 Micro-processor. Released in 1979, this was the first major CPU that Intel … Read more
Long-term use of antiretroviral drugs can cause abnormal fat accumulation in people with HIV.Credit: Jose Calvo/SPL People with HIV are the latest group to benefit from the new generation of anti-obesity drugs. If early data about the treatments’ effects are confirmed, the drugs could become key to controlling the metabolic problems often caused by anti-HIV … Read more