All Academia articles – Page 26
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NewsWorld’s first NFT marketplace for science and tech IP to launch in March
RMDS Lab in California moves into non-fungible token sales to help fundraise for R&D projects and accelerate technology transfer
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NewsChemistry student among hundreds jailed following Belarus’s pro-democracy crackdown
Artsiom Bayarski’s plight mirrors that of hundreds of students and academics in the country
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NewsChemistry textbooks still portray men as scientists while women perform domestic duties
Unequal representation in terms of both roles and the number of women featured revealed
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NewsScientists recognised in 2022 New Year’s Honours list
Contributions to science and the UK’s pandemic response rewarded in annual list
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NewsHarvard chemist Charles Lieber found guilty of all charges related to Chinese research funding
Jury reach verdict on US Department of Justice case against the nanoscience pioneer within three hours
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NewsChina sanctions hundreds of researchers following fraud investigation
Paper mills investigation results in funding bans and fines
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NewsChemistry Nobel laureate Robert Grubbs dies at 79
US chemist shared 2005 prize for his role in developing the metathesis method in organic synthesis
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NewsHead of UK’s Medical Research Council apologises over bullying complaint
UKRI has taken action over whistleblower complaint against stem cell biologist Fiona Watt
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NewsDoes a science postdoc pay off in the US?
Analysis reveals that lifetime earnings are reduced and the chances of securing a tenured post are not improved
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NewsLaunch of African crystallography association signals continent’s plans to grow this field
African Crystallographic Association sees important future for the science for the continent’s industry
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NewsReplication failures cast doubt on some cancer studies
Just 18% of experiments from top papers met all criteria for successful replication
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OpinionDon’t let the burden of proof squeeze the life out of ideas
Extraordinary claims can be extraordinarily stimulating
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NewsResearchers spent an estimated 130 million hours peer-reviewing papers in 2020
Monetary value of refereeing adds up to $1.5 billion in US alone
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NewsAdditional €100 million agreed for Horizon Europe in 2022
More money for research agreed in EU budget negotiations
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NewsBrazil’s science budget is on the brink of being eviscerated
Researchers and science associations in Brazil are working hard to reverse planned cuts of over 90% to the country’s science ministry
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NewsArkansas chemistry professor sentenced for synthesising methamphetamine
One chemistry professor received four month prison sentence for producing the drug in a university lab, while another was acquitted
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OpinionLGBTQ+ diversity in science and universities
Many queer scientists still feel they need to hide their full identity at work
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ResearchCalls for clarity from EU universities over UK’s association to Horizon Europe
Bodies representing over 1000 universities want guarantee of UK involvement in European research programme
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NewsKarolinska Institute pursues name changes to lose racist links
Home of medicine Nobel prize to rename building and two streets named after racist scientists
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NewsUS universities to share sexual harassment findings
By sharing information between them, Association of American Universities’ 66 research institutions want to stop abusers from passing unnoticed between universities