Japan research center defends Nobel winner after image mix-up

A top Japanese institute says a Nobel Prize winner did not cheat, even though some pictures in his research papers were copied and pasted.

A famous Japanese research center is backing a Nobel Prize-winning scientist. People accused the scientist of cheating because some images in his research papers looked like copies of other pictures. In the world of science, researchers are supposed to show original work. If they use the same image twice or change a picture to make results look better, it is a big problem. This is called image manipulation. The institute looked into the claims. They found that some images had been used incorrectly in the scientist's papers. However, they decided that these mistakes were not done on purpose…