All Academia articles – Page 10
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NewsUltrafast light pulses scoop Nobel prize in physics
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier recognised for work on attosecond experiments for studying electron dynamics
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NewsUniversity of California accused of not honouring contracts negotiated following massive strike
Months after postdocs and researchers won better pay and conditions, many of the promised benefits haven’t materialised
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NewsPioneers in synthetic biology and next-generation DNA sequencing among predictions for chemistry Nobel prize
Data science divinations and community chatter pick favourites for chemistry’s top prize
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NewsNew Royal Society fellowship to support Black researchers
Scheme may be expanded to other underrepresented groups if it’s successful
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NewsPublishers settle copyright infringement lawsuit with ResearchGate
Elsevier and the American Chemical Society resolve ongoing claims with an automated check on papers’ copyright status
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NewsRetraction Watch database bought by Crossref
Deal aims to make retractions easier for researchers to spot
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NewsWork on why scientists seem to enjoy licking rocks scoops chemistry Ig Nobel
Necrobotics, defecation analysis and boring lectures among other topics honoured in spoof annual award ceremony
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NewsLarge-scale hydrogen storage must be kick-started now to reach net zero
Royal Society calls for action to solve problem of intermittent renewables with huge expansion in energy storage
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NewsDiamond Light Source upgrade receives £500 million funding boost
The modernisation programme will turn the facility into a fourth generation synchrotron with five new beamlines
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NewsHorizon deal looks to have come too late for 2023 winners of EU grants in UK
European Research Council award winners still face unenviable choice of deciding between their grant and their UK institution
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OpinionThe UK has rejoined Horizon Europe, but the delays have been costly
The deal to rejoin the EU’s science programme makes sense for the country and it’s well overdue
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NewsUK rejoins Horizon Europe, Copernicus satellite programme but opts against Euratom return
Scientific organisations overjoyed by news that returns chance to secure major collaborative grants
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NewsChina considers stripping degrees from academics who misuse AI
Current and former university students in China shown to have used artificial intelligence tools to write dissertations could get degrees revoked
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NewsRussia and Belarus uninvited to Nobel prize ceremonies
Backlash prompts Nobel Foundation to backtrack on allowing Russian and Belarusian representatives
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NewsIs scientific fraud getting worse in chemistry papers?
A new study shows an increase in chemistry papers retracted for fraud and experts say scientific publishing is compounding the problem
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NewsUNC Chapel Hill PhD student charged with killing his academic adviser
Applied physical sciences professor Zijie Yan fatally shot on campus
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NewsEnergy costs and supply shortages hit European research infrastructure
The Covid-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine have impacted work across Europe’s largest research facilities
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NewsScientists hope to illuminate unknown human proteins with new public database
‘Unknome’ database contains thousands of understudied proteins
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NewsHungarian scientists left in the lurch as government’s battle with EU drags on
Backsliding on democratic principles led to Orbán’s government being suspended from EU research programmes