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The National Science Foundation's (NSF) watchdog unit has ceased investigating research misconduct allegations. This shift in policy hands the responsibility of probing allegations against faculty to universities themselves. The change is a result of a new policy implemented by the NSF. The implications of this policy change are unclear, as the NSF's watchdog unit previously played a key role in investigating allegations of research misconduct.

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