Wang Ertao team's Nature paper flagged for data anomalies, retraction requested - Chronicle

A 2024 paper by Wang Ertao's team published in Nature: the corresponding author acknowledged issues such as data anomalies and image duplication and applied for retraction; the team said it had reported the matter to its institution and launched an investigation, and the authors said that repeated experiments support the main conclusions.

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2026-09-27 13:47 · 9月26日，耿同学称《Nature》论文通讯作者承认数据异常及图像重复，已申请撤稿，团队启动调查。

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Sayings · 2026-09-27 13:31 On September 26, student Geng stated that the corresponding author of the Nature paper admitted to data abnormalities and image duplication, a retraction has been requested, and the team has launched an investigation.

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