Tag: Lowquality

Early COVID-19 research is riddled with poor methods and low-quality results − a problem for science the pandemic worsened but didn’t create

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers flooded journals with studies about the then-novel coronavirus. Many publications streamlined the peer-review process for COVID-19 papers while keeping acceptance rates relatively high. The assumption was that policymakers and the public would be able to identify valid and useful research among a very large volume of rapidly disseminated information. […]

Low-quality shells supplied to Russia by North Korea are injuring its own troops and damaging artillery, Ukraine says

North Korea has sent Russia large quantities of artillery shells. Some are defective, causing damage to weapons and injuring Russian soldiers, Ukraine’s army said. Experts have questioned the quality of North Korean ammunition. Russia is using low-quality artillery shells from North Korea that are often defective and cause problems on the front lines, Ukraine’s army […]