Amid growing concerns about the poor design of animal experiments and its implications for the translatability of experimental results, Michael F. W. Festing thinks it's time we do something about it.

The justification of sample size is one of the hardest sections of a proposal an IACUC (ethical review board) has to assess, yet is arguably one of the most important (1). This is a key opportunity ...

In research, the results of studies must be precise and reproducible. For this reason, researchers carried out experiments under strictly standardized laboratory conditions. However, despite the high ...

Sound experimental design is of vital importance when conducting any scientific experiment. Choices made at the design stage have the potential to drastically impact the results of any study. A strong ...

One of the hottest debates in evolutionary biology concerns the origin of behavior: is it genetically encoded or do animals and birds copy their parents or other individuals? A classic experiment ...

Since modern medicine is based substantially in clinical medical research, the flaws and ethical problems that arise in this research as it is conceived and practiced in the United States are likely ...

Quantum designers: Florian Marquardt (left) and Leopoldo Sarra have shown how deep Bayesian experimental design can be applied to quantum many-body systems. (Courtesy: Leopoldo Sarra) As quantum ...

In this module, we will introduce the basic conceptual framework for experimental design and define the models that will allow us to answer meaningful questions about the differences between group ...

Introduction / Erik J. Marsh and Jeffrey R. Ferguson -- Understanding ceramic manufacturing technology : the role of experimental archaeology / Karen G. Harry -- Ceramic vessel use and use alteration ...