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NewsX-ray crystallographer to oversee Rosalind Franklin Institute
Structural biologist James Naismith to become first director of UK’s new national life sciences institute
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Open access Plan S advocates respond to critics
Hybrid open access model used by many scientific societies not ruled out in new guidance
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Chemists Rosalind Franklin and Dorothy Hodgkin in the running for new face of £50 note
Other favourites to adorn the new polymer note are Stephen Hawking, Ada Lovelace and Margaret Thatcher
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Scientists must be alert to misuse of their work for chemical weapons
Call made to tighten rules defining legitimate use of chemicals and bans on certain new classes of them
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Nobel laureate and molecular biology pioneer Aaron Klug dies
Electron microscopy innovator who worked in Rosalind Franklin’s group has died aged 92
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World first as wind turbine upgraded with high temperature superconductor
Refit cuts use of pricey metals by an order of magnitude and weight by a half
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Why do some ideas go viral in academia?
Simulations suggest ideas from prestigious institutions spread more easily, even if they aren’t very good
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Warnings on counterfeit CBD vaping products with toxic contaminants
Cannabidiol vaping liquids and oils in the US found to be contaminated with psychoactive compounds linked to deadly overdoses
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Ireland to introduce female-only professorships
Controversial scheme hopes to improve gender diversity in research institutions
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King of kilograms is no more as metric system gets a makeover
Metre convention countries have agreed to redefine four of the seven SI base units and link them to immutable natural constants
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Why the kilogram is changing forever
The way we decide the weight of everything on Earth is wrong
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Rules for element discovery get superheavy revamp
Chemistry and physics federations also define what counts as a ‘beyond superheavy element’
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BepiColombo satellites begin journey to Mercury
Mission hopes to shed some light on processes that may have shaped the early Earth
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Chemists voice concerns over ‘risky’ Plan S open access policy
Open letter says ‘Plan S is a serious violation of academic freedom’
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Scientists elected to Congress in US mid-terms
Victory for biochemist Sean Casten and several others with Stem backgrounds who have never run for office before
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Ozone healing confirmed in Montreal Protocol assessment
Latest projections say ozone levels in the stratosphere will recover around the middle of the century
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Action plan launched to tackle gender inequality and bullying in chemistry
Bullying helpline and childcare grants among measures outlined in Royal Society of Chemistry report that reveals why chemistry has an equality problem
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Wellcome Trust to introduce stricter open access rules
From 2020, Trust will no longer support hybrid publication models or six month embargoes
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Island nation Palau bans sunscreens with chemicals thought to harm coral
It will be illegal to sell or import sunscreens with oxybenzone, octinoxate and other chemicals like parabens from January 2020
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Chemistry graduate student admits poisoning co-worker
Victim at Queen’s University in Canada videoed carcinogen being pipetted into a loaf of bread while he was in a group meeting
