How Vilhelm Bohr disappointed his Grandpa
Will Vilhelm win a Nobel Prize of his own? And for what?
By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
Will Vilhelm win a Nobel Prize of his own? And for what?
Schneider Shorts 8.08.2025 – publishers fighting papermills, retractions for an innocent man in Tennessee, an unemployed couple in Indiana, and a Korean award-winner, with an exclusive anti-aging conference, a dodgy startup, and finally, how to deal with critics.
Schneider Shorts 25.07.2025 – Iranian papermiller investigated in Germany and Australia, another Iranian papermiller works for Church, with magic mushrooms, big money from Turkey, corrections and retractions for Italian scholars, and finally, the many things one can do with francium.
Schneider Shorts 24.01.2025 – a retirement party in Bristol, a Canadian without worries, papermilling across the Irish sea and other things MDPI lets through, with a pile of retractions, a corrected cure for Parkinson’s, and finally, coffee, milk and strawberries to avoid death.
Schneider Shorts 10.01.2024 – the most influential person in Polish medicine, breaking bad news to Germany’s star oncologist, with Egyptian cheaters, artistic achievements, a COPE investigation, coffee and mayonnaise, and finally, The Guardian view on dog anti-aging.
Schneider Shorts 27.09.2024 – Greek professor sentenced to prison for extortion, superconductor discovery questioned, reproducibility breakthrough retracted, Spanish foundation chair appointed, MDPI editors exposed, all Elsevier authors replaced, with an innocent rector in Sweden, anti-aging solutions, monkeys predicting US elections, fighting mice, and lots of other nonsense.
Schneider Shorts 20.09.2024 – A Californian man and his trusty clock, Oded’s Dad and other Israeli Scientists, first retractions for a French couple, an Indiana man and an Iranian papermiller, an Elsevier book facing removal, with funny corrections, ex-editor bemoaning a conspiracy and finally, with a concussion device getting pummelled.
“Imagine what effect might ensue from a young donor body (say, in her 20’s) nourishing with her young blood 24/24, 7/7 the head of an aging body recipient!” – Sergio Canavero
Schneider Shorts 30.08.2024 – lawyers advise universities about PubPeer, a spoiled brat in Liverpool gets a new toy, an Italian role model gets her first retractions, low standards in Cleveland, with fake and stolen identities, a failed defamation lawsuit, and finally, how US government supports new brains for immortality.
Schneider Shorts 26.07.2024 – a sleuth conference in Porto, one cat’s week of fame, retractions for various famous luminaries in UK, USA and Switzerland, and finally, a Jesus miracle of turning old mice into supermodels.


