Microsoft Excel errors mar one-fifth of science papers on gene research

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Microsoft Excel errors mar one-fifth of science papers on gene research

Over-zealous date conversion to blame

As many as 20 per cent of science papers on the subject of gene research have been affected by errors caused by Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet. According to the report published in BioMed Central, the...

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