Ethical concerns and lack of data leave adolescent psychedelic therapy largely unexplored

There is a growing interest within the medical community in the use of psychedelic therapies to treat conditions ranging from depression and PTSD to anxiety and eating disorders. New research led by ...
Duke Pratt School of Engineering

Engineering Character: Teaching Ethics in the Age of Automation

Aligned with Duke Engineering’s Character Forward initiative, Professor Siobhan Oca’s Ethics in Robotics and Automation course (ME 490) challenges students to see beyond technical skills and practice ...

US FDA's drug division chief resigns amid ethics concerns and lawsuit

The director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, George Tidmarsh, resigned on ...
Devdiscourse

Shaping the Future of Research Publishing: AI, Ethics, and Open Access

The Journal Development Symposium 2025 by Springer Nature focused on the evolution of research publishing with over 100 ...

New CPRS Research challenges PR identity, urges AI readiness and calls for leadership on trust

The report is accompanied by the SOPR GPT, a custom-built AI tool that allows users to explore the full survey results on demand. This tool reflects CPRS’s commitment to thought leadership and ...

In drug trials, lack of oversight of research ethics boards could put Canadian patients at risk

Canada has no accreditation or inspection system for research ethics boards for clinical drug trials, and no oversight ...
The Cavalier Daily

In an age of intense scholarly competition, experts say academic fraud is rising

According to the Office of the Vice President for Research’s 2025 annual report, the University spent $829 million on ...
Purdue University

Research Design and Ethics

Once you have determined your research question, the next step is to decide on a research design. As random assignment tends to be challenging in SoTL, most projects tend to fall into the ...
STAT

They advised federal health agencies on the ethics and impact of scientific research. They’re no longer wanted

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...
The New York Times

How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research

Many drug trials are vetted by companies with ties to the drugmakers, raising concerns about conflicts of interest and patient safety. Credit...Blake Cale Supported by By Walt Bogdanich Carson Kessler ...
Heartland

Research & Commentary: Report Details Oil & Gas Industries’ Significant Achievements in Decreasing Flaring Intensity and Volume

The recently released annual report from The Environmental Partnership (TEP), a voluntary collective of oil and gas companies “committed to continuously improving the industry’s environmental ...
Engadget

EPA scientists were reportedly ordered to halt publication of research papers

According to a report by The Washington Post, scientists with the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water were ordered by "political appointees" to stop work on studies that were headed for ...