All Asia articles – Page 3
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NewsUS–China science and technology cooperation agreement expires
Amid concerns that China is an unreliable or untrustworthy research partner, the White House allows 45-year-old arrangement to lapse
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NewsEstimates suggest at least 2500 scientists have left Russia since the beginning of the war
Analysis of Orcid database finds Russian scientists are now leaving for universities in Central Asia, Israel and the UAE
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NewsChina conducts nationwide audit of research misconduct after thousands of papers retracted
Universities must submit a comprehensive list of all retracted academic papers in the past three years along with reasons for the retractions
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BusinessNew Covid-19 antiviral cuts symptoms by 1.5 days
Simnotrelvir already has emergency approval in China
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BusinessRed Sea shipping attacks are impacting the chemical industry
Route diversions around Africa mean longer transport times and higher prices
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BusinessExplosion at Indonesian nickel plant kills 19 workers
Police halt operations at the nickel smelting facility on Sulawesi island, while workers call for better safety measures
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OpinionA milestone year
2024 is set to be a special year for Chemistry World because it’s 20 years since we published our first issue
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NewsThe story of how the most successful US–Russia scientific collaboration collapsed
Five jointly discovered superheavy elements completed the eighth row of the periodic but then Russian revanchism reared its head
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NewsJapan unveils plans to breathe new life into its higher education institutions
Facing a demographic crisis, Japan is hoping to attract more international students and make it easier for them to live and work there
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NewsLabs stand empty in Israel while fate of Gazan universities hangs in balance
As war rages in the Middle East, the plight of Gazan scientists is unclear as international students and researchers leave Israel and scientists are called up to fight
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NewsChina considers stripping degrees from academics who misuse AI
Current and former university students in China shown to have used artificial intelligence tools to write dissertations could get degrees revoked
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NewsUK to invest £210 million in global effort to monitor antimicrobial resistance
Funds will support upgrades to laboratories and staff training
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NewsIndia to establish new £5 billion research funding agency
Questions remain over new body’s independence and budget
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NewsThe subterranean chemistry that explains India’s groundwater contamination
Complex interplay of factors has led to elevated levels of arsenic, uranium and fluoride in drinking water, making the country’s poorest citizens sick
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OpinionBringing drug manufacturing back home
Pharmaceutical supply chains are international, complex and opaque. Is there a better way?
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NewsExodus of scientists from Russia has passed 50,000 since 2018 as more pack their bags to go
Russia’s war on Ukraine and longstanding problems with underfunding and career progression are fuelling a brain drain
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NewsAcademic freedom is at stake in Turkish elections, researchers warn
Future path of universities as institutes of free inquiry may rest on who wins
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NewsChina displaces US as top publisher of high-quality natural science studies
Contribution of researchers in China to Nature Index journals is ‘rapidly gaining ground’, and in 2021 they led in physical sciences and chemistry
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BusinessFive dead after explosion at plant in China
Blast in hydrogen peroxide unit of Sinochem plant in Liaocheng
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OpinionIsraeli scientists in defence of democracy
The Israeli government’s proposed reforms are already damaging science, says Ehud Keinan