Why have a revered physicist’s papers been retracted?

Springer Nature has removed two studies by quantum mechanics pioneer Max Planck. A bot may be to blame

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Science
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2026-07-02
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aek1827
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Why have a revered physicist’s papers been retracted?

Sam Kean
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Academic Publishing and Open Access
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Why have a revered physicist’s papers been retracted?

Sam Kean
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Springer Nature has removed two studies by quantum mechanics pioneer Max Planck. A bot may be to blame

ScienceVol. 393(6806)
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