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Fancy science journal caught publishing nonsense term "vegetative electron microscopy," doubles down

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 12, 2025
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Page from A Review of the History of Microbiology, by various authors, (1959)

A completely made-up scientific term is making the rounds in academic journals, and instead of being "oops!" one major publisher is basically saying "this is fine!"

As reported in Retraction Watch, A sharp-eyed Russian chemist (going by the extremely cool pseudonym "Paralabrax c…

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