Ban medical research with links to the fossil fuel industry, say experts: Investigation reveals a case for stronger action against the influence of health-harming companies on academic research. Of the top five medical journals, only The BMJ bans fossil fuel-tied research

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Huge math error corrected in black plastic study; authors say it doesn’t matter

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Researchers tested AI in academic tasks: strong in brainstorming/study design but weak at literature reviews, data analysis, and writing papers. Human oversight is essential. Study urged to require AI-use disclosures and ban AI in peer reviews. Bottom line: AI’s a helper, not a replacement.

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Firms have recently sold thousands of fake patents in the UK to help researchers pad their CVs. 🏢💼 | Exploitation of intellectual property systems for the manipulation of academic reputations 📜🎓

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🎓 ChatGPT underperforms doctoral students on take-home molecular biology assignments, especially in interpreting scientific graphs and raw data.

📉 GAI struggles with "apply" level tasks requiring experimental controls and specific rationales, often providing vague or broad answers.

🖼️ Image interpretation is a significant weakness for ChatGPT, with poor performance on DNA footprinting and BLI graph analysis, even with GPT-4o's multimodal capabilities.

💡 New assessment strategies proposed include demanding precision in text-based questions, focusing on "apply" level tasks, and incorporating image interpretation with multiple-choice formats to leverage GAI's weaknesses.

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A new Columbia University School of Nursing AI-assisted audit reveals nearly 3,000 peer-reviewed medical papers have fake citations that do not exist in scientific databases. The results highlight an alarming trend in academic publishing as the use of AI grows

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Study finds most researchers witness problematic authorship practices

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Given permission to use AI, most college students show surprising restraint in their final essays. Students largely rely on AI for brainstorming and research rather than having it write essays for them wholesale.

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Students are more likely to cheat under intense pressure or when they rationalize the behavior

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🎓 Intense academic pressure and justifying the behavior are key drivers for university students in the Philippines cheating, according to a study of 803 students.

💡 An Artificial Neural Network model proved most effective in predicting which students are likely to cheat, based on their perceptions of cheating, moral judgments, and motivations.

📚 The research highlights the need for clear policies, ethical guidance, and awareness in tech-enabled classrooms to combat cheating and promote genuine learning.

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How use of AI harms college students’ ability to learn: Students who copy answers from AI tools without verifying information experience declines in their ability to learn independently. These habits are associated with a weaker belief in their own capabilities and a reduced motivation to learn.

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Citations to retracted scientific papers on Wikipedia last on average 5.8 years before they are removed or marked as retracted

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