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South Korea’s ‘Nobel prize project’ rocked by tough year

Researchers fear for the future of the Institute for Basic Science, which has faced accusations of misconduct and a sizeable budget cut.
  1. Mark Zastrow
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Update: South Korea's science ministry announced on 10 September that the Institute for Basic Science would be reorganized, following government investigations into the institute's research centres.

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Nature 573, 174-175 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02363-4

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  • Correction 11 September 2019: An earlier version of this story gave the wrong affiliation for Philip Kim.

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