Embryonic stem (ES) cells are pluripotent stem cells that can produce all cell types of an organism. ES cells proliferate rapidly and have been thought to experience high levels of intrinsic ...

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 ...

As the result of a mandate from Congress, the National Academies will explore the issues of reproducibility and replication in scientific and engineering research. The committee will explore what is ...

Lots of psychology studies fail to produce the same results when they are repeated. Does that mean we shouldn't trust science? When Great Minds Think Unalike: Inside Science's 'Replication Crisis' It ...

Studies that try to replicate the findings of published research are hard to come by: it can be difficult to find funders to support them and journals to publish them. And when these papers do get ...

Science is suffering from a replication crisis. Too many landmark studies can’t be repeated in independent labs, a process crucial to separating flukes and errors from solid results. The consequences ...

The vast majority of experimental work in behavioral and biomedical science involves group comparison—in the simplest case, an experimental and a control group. Average data are compared and the ...

Based on papers and discussions which took place at a symposium held at Texas Christian University on April 10, 2015. Contents Introduction: replication in the long nineteenth century : re-makings and ...

(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 ...