Stamps of scientific interest

Postage stamps of ophthalmological interest.

POSTAGE stamps of ophthalmological interest include portrait figures of two practising ophthalmologists, Ferdinand Ritter von Arlt (1812-87) and Franz Cornelius Donders (1818-89). Four further portrait figures of scientists who have directly or indirectly contributed greatly to ophthalmology are shown in the stamps commemorating Johannes Evangelista Purkinje (1787-1869), Hermann von Helmholtz (...

Scientific Integrity, Fidelity and Conflicts of Interest

[Conflict of interest in scientific research].

This article examines conflicts of interest in the context of scientific research related to regulation or litigation. The article defines conflicts of interest, considers how conflicts of interest can impact research, and discusses different strategies for dealing with conflicts of interest. While it is not realistic to expect that scientific research related to regulation or litigation will e...

Nobel stamps of approval

The British Post Office has joined Sweden, the US, and other postal services in issuing a commemorative set of stamps to mark the centenary of the first award of the Nobel Prizes in 1901. Sweden and the US are, in fact, issuing a stamp carrying exactly the same design; a profile of Alfred Nobel together with his image on one side of the Nobel Prize medals. But the British Post Office has done s...

Scientific judgment and the limits of conflict-of-interest policies.

This article argues that the three major elements of typical university conflict-of-interest (COI) policies (i.e., disclosure, management, and elimination of conflicts via divestiture or recusal) are likely to be insufficient for screening out many worrisome influences of financial COIs. Current psychological research challenges the effectiveness of disclosure, management plans are unlikely to ...