Commentary – Page 5
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Electric avenue
Western carmakers need to seize the initiative on cleaner vehicles or risk being left behind
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The dark side of dichloromethane
Policymakers and industry must take steps to curb emissions of popular solvent
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Rebels with a cause
The student debt genie is out of the bottle after putting in an unexpected appearance at the UK elections
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Cross-party consensus on funding science at last
Whoever wins the UK election science will benefit with promises to double R&D spending
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What could peer review look like in 2030?
AI, credit for reviewers and more pre-prints: Mark Peplow considers the options
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The great beauty of chemistry
Heritage science is growing fast and Rocco Mazzeo wants more chemists to chip in
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Time to stop using patents to measure innovation in universities
The number of filed patents is a misleading metric for assessing academic research
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Nottingham green labs rise from ashes
Innovative low carbon labs rebuilt after fire destroyed them mid-construction
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Taking the nuclear option
If the UK is to leave Euratom then it needs to quickly take advice from the community
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Should scientists be taught how to work in a team?
Soft skills like teamwork and communication could boost undergraduates’ career prospects
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What counts as a step during chemical synthesis?
Disagreements over the definition of a chemical step underlie much broader questions
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Why Trump must rebuild the US–Russian nuclear relationship
The President elect must restart cooperation or risk a return to the cold war
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An unsettling forecast
Uncertainty makes for a poor bedfellow when it comes to the scientific enterprise
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Why Donald Trump will be a disaster for US science
The best hope for the world is that the president-elect was lying about his policies
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A nanocarbon revolution
Twenty years on from the Nobel prize for fullerenes chemists pay tribute to the field Harry Kroto helped to launch
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Why molecular machines are more than just toys
This year’s Nobel prize could shift the field into high gear
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The G20 have set out the future for innovation – we must hold them to it
The latest summit unveiled a blueprint showing world leaders take science seriously