{
  "id": 937260,
  "title": "Princeton student says she did not conduct the experiments described in her now-retracted paper",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/princeton-student-says-she-did-not-conduct-the-experiments-described",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-14T14:43:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Retraction Watch",
    "slug": "retraction-watch",
    "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/08/14/princeton-rishika-porandla-macromolecular-materials-engineering-experiments-retraction/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Earlier this week, Retraction Watch reported on a Princeton student’s decision to retract her own paper from an engineering journal due to “significant methodological errors.” The student, Rishika Porandla, now tells us she never conducted the experiments described in the study. “The beam experiment described in the paper was a proposed experimental workflow with associated … Continue reading…",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}