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Journal retracts claim of sperm made of stem cells due plagiarism
Source: Associated Press, 08/01/2009
LONDON - A scientific journal has retracted a controversial paper claiming to have created the first human sperm from embryonic stem cells. The journal's editor told the science publication Nature that the study by scientists at Britain's Newcastle University was retracted because two paragraphs in its introduction had been plagiarized.

Stimulus funds for science raise concern about misconduct
Source: Scientific American, 07/2009
About $31 billion in stimulus funds will go to science. Can watchdogs keep track of those funds?

Ex-prof gets 4 years for passing military secrets
Source: Associated Press, 7/1/2009
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A federal judge sentenced a retired University of Tennessee professor to four years in prison Wednesday for passing sensitive information from a U.S. Air Force contract to two research assistants from China and Iran.