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South Korea joins EU’s research programme Horizon Europe

2024-03-27T14:30:00+00:00

EU hopes to benefit in areas that include artificial intelligence and antimicrobial resistance

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Tweets don’t bring citations, randomised controlled study finds

2024-03-27T09:30:00+00:00

Social media’s benefits rest more on building scientific networks than promotion

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Robert Curl’s ‘buckyball’ chemistry Nobel prize to be auctioned off

2024-03-26T14:30:00+00:00

1996 chemistry award honoured Curl, Harry Kroto and Richard Smalley’s discovery of fullerenes

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Chemours sacks top executives following accounting probe

2024-03-25T15:09:00+00:00

Review found officers manipulated cashflow to hit targets and affect bonus payments

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Universities in the UK beat national average on gender pay gap but large discrepancies remain

2024-03-22T14:30:00+00:00

Report estimates that in 14 years’ time women in higher education will be paid the same as men

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ERC grants reopen to Swiss applicants, as talks begin on associating to Horizon Europe once more

2024-03-22T09:30:00+00:00

Negotiations to strengthen ties between the EU and Switzerland offer hope for Swiss researchers

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EU gives green light to critical raw materials act

2024-03-21T14:30:00+00:00

Legislation aims to ensure secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials

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PCB pollution may be worse now than before they were banned

2024-03-21T09:30:00+00:00

Call to investigate potentially significant quantities of polychlorinated biphenyls that could form as industry byproducts

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Crystalline cages create unusual ‘touchless’ sensors

2024-03-28T14:30:00+00:00

Researchers connect chemistry and engineering to create touch-free buttons based on the detection of the skin’s water

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Model explains why water can freeze at different temperatures

2024-03-28T09:30:00+00:00

The research could have applications in snowmaking, cloud seeding and beyond

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Cross-coupling technique cracks open alcohols for chemical synthesis

2024-03-26T14:30:00+00:00

A new alcohol–alcohol cross coupling reaction could become a powerful new tool for synthetic chemists

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