Allegations of data fabrication have sparked the retraction of multiple papers from Ranga Dias, a researcher who claimed discovery of a room-temperature superconductor
Allegations of data fabrication have sparked the retraction of multiple papers from Ranga Dias, a researcher who claimed discovery of a room-temperature superconductor
See: Replication crisis
It’s a huge problem with modern science: effectively, only positive results move your career forward. Negative results get you nowhere, and critically, replicating other people’s work doesn’t either. So scientists have every incentive to stretch or bend the interpretation of their data.