All Academia articles – Page 13
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NewsAcademic publishers collaborate to collect diversity data
52 organisations sign up to standardised process to gain clearer understanding of author, reviewer and editor demographics
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NewsUS chemistry professor convicted under now-defunct China Initiative
University of Kansas chemical engineer faces decades in prison and steep fines for hiding ties to a Chinese university
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NewsChemistry Nobel laureate Sidney Altman dies at 82
Canadian–American molecular biologist won the 1989 prize for discovering RNA’s catalytic ability
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NewsChina grapples with lab safety following huge growth in student numbers
Study exposes serious incidents and deaths at universities
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NewsOrganocatalysis Nobel laureate will give prize money to underprivileged students
2021 chemistry Nobel prize winner David MacMillan founds charity in his parents’ honour
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NewsUS imposes further sanctions on Russian chemistry institute
Russia’s government-funded institute targeted again by US Treasury for its links to a cyber-attack on a Middle East petrochemical refinery
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NewsScientific publishers unite to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
More than a dozen publishers halt transactions, promotions and services to research organisations in Russia and Belarus
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NewsScientific societies fail to capture members’ true diversity
US Stem organisations urged to collect more inclusive demographic data to better support distinct underrepresented groups
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NewsThree-quarters of UK researchers ready to quit academia
88% say they ‘are not optimistic’ about the future of UK higher education
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NewsAria’s first chief executive withdraws before starting role
Darpa deputy will no longer take on role at new UK funding agency
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NewsResearchfish lands in hot water after threatening academics over critical comments
Service that tracks impact of research for UK universities and funders apologises for sending tweets claiming that it reported researchers
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NewsInvasion of Ukraine begins cascade of decoupling from Russian science
International science projects, scientific publishing and federations have all begun suspending cooperation with Russian scientists in unprecedented reaction
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NewsChina has overtaken the US when it comes to the highest-impact research
1.67% of papers by Chinese researchers were among the top 1% of the most highly cited articles in 2019, versus 1.62% of those with US authors
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NewsRacial inequality report highlights ‘alarming’ loss of ethnic minority chemists
Royal Society of Chemistry vows to tackle underrepresentation in the UK with initial £1.5 million fund
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NewsResearchers around the world band together to help fleeing Ukrainian scientists
Schemes spring up to put refugee scientists in European and North American labs
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OpinionIt’s time to ban staff–student relationships
A policy of discouragement doesn’t go far enough towards tackling sexual misconduct
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NewsLong-awaited higher education reforms leave universities facing funding squeeze
Freeze on tuition fees worries UK universities, while there are fears loan changes will hit students
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NewsUS ends anti-espionage China Initiative
While slated trials will continue, future investigations will consider more options before criminal prosecution
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NewsHuge endowment fund to boost Japanese universities flagging on international stage
¥10 trillion trust will be targeted at cutting edge research such as AI, biotechnology and quantum technology
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NewsAmerican Chemical Society’s analysis of diversity in its journals confirms an ‘imbalance’
Among journal authors, reviewers and editors, men outnumber women by at least two-to-one