Mansoor Amiji: rare gem and modern-day polymath
“Again, none of the images are duplicated”, Mansoor Amiji, inventor
Month: January 2026
See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil
Félix Sauvage tells how he blew the whistle on his collaborator: Sabine Szunerits
Schneider Shorts 16.01.2026 – A paradox to ponder
Schneider Shorts 16.01.2025 – Italian laser maker caught on patient abuse, Springer Nature solves fraud, ACS cracks down on some Pakistani, two Italian men finally lose a paper, with a PhD student from hell and finally, real men of cardiology trained in Zurich.
Wagner Ring Festival in Vienna
Erwin Wagner is not related to the famous German composer but we shall enjoy the Ring Festival with him and his friends anyway.
Schneider Shorts 9.01.2026 – A malicious cyberattack reported to the FBI
Schneider Shorts 9.01.2026 – PubSmear mob tries to suppress the truth about vaccines, a billionaire rescues a damsel in distress, with a new kind of editorial note, a German-Italian cure for cancer, and with another old English tale of corruption and patient abuse.
Scientific Reports 2025: A Year in Review
“In this blog I write about papers published by Scientific Reports in 2025, so we could consider it to be a sort of “wrap-up” of highlights and special achievements in the world’s biggest scientific journal™ in 2025.” – Sholto David
Schneider Shorts 2.01.2026 – Insulting all authors rather than the articles
Schneider Shorts 2.01.2026 – a young PhD student in London, a police raid in Madrid, things you can achieve with semaglutide, with Alzheimer’s reversed, Springer Nature taking action, and why you must have chocolate and coffee now.
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