All Academia articles – Page 66
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News
Tufts’ $2.6bn drug development figure questioned
Details sought about how university determined cost of bringing a drug to market jumped 145% since 2003
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Cash for science in autumn statement given cautious welcome
UK chancellor plans to create a ‘nothern powerhouse’ for research while the community awaits further details
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Eleventh hour reprieve for world-class Canadian NMR facility
Last minute deal staves off closure but details have yet to be hammered out
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Obama acts to attract non-US scientists and engineers
President takes action to make it easier for scientists and engineers born abroad to work and stay in the US
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Gates Foundation champions open access
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will require research it funds to be published open access from next year
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Feud opens up over value of some US research
Top science committee Republican in fight with university association over NSF grant review process
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UC Davis chemist sentenced to four years over explosion
Postdoc sentenced over attempt to make explosive device and reckless disposal of hazardous waste
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Grad student blamed for research misconduct at Utah
Two papers have been retracted due to image falsification at the University of Utah
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Financial hurdles prevent women returning to STEM
Survey suggests women in science and engineering careers find it hard to return to work following a break
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Research
Dana Roth: Reaching out from the library
Caltech’s chemistry librarian chats to Chemistry World about how librarians can support researchers
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China's science academy launches new reform drive
Nation’s largest science body will be reshuffled amid government concerns over lack of research breakthroughs
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Nuclear chief heads back to academia
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s chairman resigns, saying she has achieved her mission of ‘righting the ship’
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Free legal help for embattled US scientists
Pro bono effort to defend government and university scientists from ‘harassment campaigns’ has been launched
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Science roadmap for next parliament unveiled
UK Campaign for Science and Engineering wants funding to match US levels and VAT exemptions for R&D
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Cannabis chemists look for professional recognition
The American Chemical Society is being petitioned to form a division to help develop standards in the field
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Quotas proposed to back younger US researchers
Legislator wants National Institutes of Health to reduce median age of first-time grantees to 38 by 2025
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Opinion
An escape plan
Karin Bodewits suggests that academia’s chairs might hold more women if they have a clear view of the exit
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Opinion
Garbage in, garbage out
The rise of low-quality and predatory open access journals and conferences worries Derek Lowe
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White House tightens oversight of dangerous studies
New rules governing so-called ‘dual use’ research will take effect in a year, but there is concern that they will stymie critical studies