All Academia articles – Page 25
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NewsScience steps up a gear as struggle to both understand and fight coronavirus intensifies
Research that might have taken years is being turned around in months as journals fast-track Covid-19 manuscripts
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NewsUK seeks to scale-up Covid-19 testing but large gaps in capabilities remain
Universities and research labs are being brought in to help with testing but 100,000 tests per day by the end of April still looks overly ambitious
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NewsEuropean Research Council president quits after three months in the job
Mauro Ferrari walks away following ‘unanimous rejection’ of coronavirus response plan
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NewsUK’s largest funder aims to raise $8 billion in three weeks for coronavirus research
The Wellcome Trust’s Covid-Zero initiative calls on businesses to bridge the funding shortfall
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NewsPandemic pushes world’s largest cancer charity to cut research funding by £44 million
Cancer Research UK slashes grant money and national centres funds
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NewsAnother US researcher charged with lying about Chinese ties
Physicist faces 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding West Virginia University while secretly working for Chinese talent programme
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NewsOrganisations mobilise to fight Covid-19
‘War effort’ seeks to provide hand sanitiser, protective equipment, ventilators and tests
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NewsUniversities prepare for new normal as pandemic forces UK to shut down for three weeks
Labs and lectures wound up as students and staff are left anxious about their futures
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ArticlePredatory journals’ reviewers mostly junior researchers from developing countries
The few scientists conducting peer review for predatory publishers are often of young academic age and come from lower-income regions
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NewsItalian researchers fear long-lasting harm to science from coronavirus lockdown
With the entire population isolated and universities closed research has been severely curtailed
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NewsNew cryo-EM detector will produce better data with less energy
UK collaboration aims to open up microscopy technology for more medical researchers
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OpinionSpeaking up for UK science
A top down approach to science by Johnson’s government could make it harder for scientists’ problems to be heard
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NewsHundreds of universities closing across the US in response to coronavirus threat
Universities are moving to online classes, while research projects grind to a halt at some institutes
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NewsBig increase in research funding promised for UK
Budget puts country on course to hit spending target early but Brexit threatens business contribution to R&D figure
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NewsCoronavirus fears see ACS Philadelphia cancelled with other big science conferences hit
International scientific gatherings are being postponed or cancelled in attempt to stop Covid-19’s spread
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NewsJunior researchers less likely to blow the whistle on research misconduct
Fear of retribution and their precarious position may be holding them back
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News‘Cultural evolution’ needed to reinvigorate academic research
Research funding and academic reward systems should get an overhaul to recognise mentoring and public engagement
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NewsWhite House science adviser taking practical line on espionage at universities
Fears over intellectual property theft have flourished in the US amid news that Harvard, Yale and MIT failed to report billions in foreign research support
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News‘Culture change’ needed in US to increase number of women in science and engineering
National Academies report urges universities and research funding agencies to update their policies to improve recruitment, retention and advancement of women
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CareersHow author lists can give more credit
The contributor roles taxonomy highlights the variety of work that’s crucial to a research project