All Academia articles – Page 19
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ArticleCreating bonds: science and sustainability through the lens of a synthetic chemist
How promoting sustainability and nurturing talent can help deliver science for a safer world
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ArticleNew frontiers in synthesis for a more sustainable future
AstraZeneca’s collaborations with academia are essential to harnessing the latest technology in the pursuit of new and sustainable medicines
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NewsBangor University will demolish closed-down chemistry tower
Chemistry building will be removed three years after the Welsh university decided to close the 135-year-old department to save money
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NewsChemists want help to cut the environmental footprint of their labs
Royal Society of Chemistry launches seed funding to improve lab sustainability after survey finds that 85% of respondents want to make their labs greener
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NewsWhat next for scientific collaboration as stand-off between China and the west heats up?
Fears over espionage and links to the Chinese military is disrupting long-running collaborations
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NewsOutcry among scientists as Indian government moves to slash awards
Savings will be minimal compared with the loss of a major motivator for early-career researchers
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NewsEminent NYU chemist fired after students complain about taxing organic chemistry course
Maitland Jones’s sacking highlights tensions between student expectations, academic rigour and teaching styles
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NewsClass still a barrier to success in academia, survey finds
University and College Union members state that social class has hindered their careers and prevents other from entering the academy
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NewsThe Afghan organic chemist who can’t return home
After escaping Afghanistan as a child and growing up in Iran, this chemist is left with nowhere to go
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NewsUK science minister finally appointed, as universities face funding squeeze on budgets
Nusrat Ghani given science brief during period of considerable uncertainty with Horizon Europe membership still not finalised and soaring energy prices
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NewsNobel prize rewards click chemistry and bioorthogonal reactions
Barry Sharpless, Morten Meldal and Carolyn Bertozzi have been awarded the 2022 chemistry Nobel prize
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NewsThe 2022 chemistry Nobel prize goes to bioorthogonal and click chemistry
Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless take chemistry’s top prize
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NewsQuantum technology pioneers win physics Nobel
Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger are honoured for establishing quantum information science
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NewsSequencing of genomes of ancient human relatives takes medicine Nobel prize
Svante Pääbo’s team sequenced the Neanderthal genome and discovered a previously unknown hominin
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ResearchLabs’ carbon footprint under scrutiny as tool calculates impact of buildings and scientists
Software reveals environmental impact of over 500 French labs
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NewsAI picks out fake science
Textual analysis tool flags manuscripts that may have come from paper mills
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CareersPhD students should be classed as employees
With planned stipend increases barely covering increased costs, postgraduates need better employment protections
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NewsUnder pressure? Room temperature superconductivity paper retracted over data analysis
Questions over treatment of data led Nature to remove the paper over the authors’ objections
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NewsAccess to chemical database Reaxys under threat in UK as fees spiral
Universities are holding off renewing access to the database while Jisc negotiates with Elsevier
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OpinionAre elemental analysis guidelines appropriate?
The standard journal requirement of ±0.4% for carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen is not statistically sound