All Academia articles – Page 7
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Opinion
Relying on the h-index harms the careers of people who take career breaks
More holistic methods are needed to accurately assess the quality of a researcher’s work
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News
Musical periodic table being built by turning chemical elements’ spectra into notes
Computer code that converts each element into a unique piece of music could provide a novel way to expand chemistry communication
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News
Sentencing delayed again for Harvard’s former chemistry head
Charles Lieber faces up to 26 years in prison and $1.2 million in fines
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News
Budget day strikes hit science facilities across the UK
Industrial action across the country saw research institutes forced to close or cut services
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News
The promise and pitfalls of generative AI for research
As ChatGPT co-authorship on research paper climbs, there are new concerns about the impact such AI tools could have on science
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News
Science ministry reorganisation symbolic of China’s drive for technological autonomy
Move driven by restrictions introduced by western nations
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Opinion
Human genome editing in perspective
Ethical, cultural and safety considerations are high priorities for researchers
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News
US researcher entanglements continue post-China Initiative as worries over IP theft linger
National Science Foundation official reveals new, questionable contract between US researcher and Chinese government-linked entity
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News
Long-awaited Nurse review of UK science delivers blueprint for a science superpower
But will the government listen?
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News
Science superpower strategy welcomed but concerns over UK association to Horizon persist
£370 million of new funding available for ‘exciting’ technologies announced
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News
Japan launches new visa routes for graduates and highly skilled professionals
Scheme will skip immigration points requirements but does demand high salaries or substantial experience from applicants
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Careers
Academics around the world protest fee hikes and budget cuts
Financial difficulties affect researchers at all career stages
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News
India should become the talent incubator for the global south
Srivari Chandrasekhar, India’s secretary of science and technology, talks to Chemistry World about finding a PhD problem, partnering with the UK and raising standards at universities
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Careers
Financial challenges faced by PhD researchers around the world
Many are protesting stipends that see them work for below minimum wage
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News
UK begins exploration of whether to build its own billion-pound-plus XFEL
Advanced designs could transform x-ray science economics, reducing the cost per experiment
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News
UK–EU deal paves way for Horizon Europe association
Negotiations over research collaboration to begin ‘immediately’ when Windsor Framework is signed off
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News
Chemistry bots under threat from changes to Twitter’s API rules
Bots that collate papers and provide retrosynthetic analysis could all end if charges are introduce
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News
UK national facility poised to expand use of state-of-the-art electron diffraction
Greater access to ED will allow characterisation of tiny crystals, deepening our understanding of everything from batteries and drugs to catalysts
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Opinion
Turning negative results into positives
Publishing unsuccessful experiments is more important than ever as we try to train machines in chemistry