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NewsResearch community breathes a sigh of relief as Biden beats Trump
US president-elect Joe Biden expected to reverse many of Trump’s actions on climate, environment and funding that worried scientists and research advocates
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Pandemic risks lost generation of junior scientists as charitable funding dries-up
Survey finds coronavirus, Brexit and lack of opportunities is forcing early career researchers backed by medical charities to consider alternative professions
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80% of European Research Council projects lead to scientific breakthroughs
Review finds most of ERC-funded studies advance science significantly
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US imposes sanctions on Russian institution linked to refinery cyber attack
Russia’s Chemistry and Mechanics research institute is accused of connections to Triton malware
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Rebooted chemical safety database now hosted by CAS
ACS data division partnership gives crowd-sourced reaction hazard library a more accessible and scalable platform
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UK government faces legal action over ‘irrational’ handling of university reopenings
University union argues that expert advice was ignored, putting students and staff at risk
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Millions of microplastic particles released by some baby feeding bottles
Hot water is key variable responsible for release of large numbers of plastic particles
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First draft of the human proteome created
High quality data for more than 90% of the proteins in the body will aid medical research
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UK reaches the gigahertz NMR level – behind other nations
New instruments push the limits of this vital analytical technique – but other countries are already reaching even higher fields and frequencies
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Improper publishing incentives in science put under microscope around the world
Gaming of systems puts quality research at risk
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Springer Nature and Max Planck reach landmark open access deal in Germany
The agreement will allow authors at eligible German institutes to publish papers for fee of about £8500 each
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100 UK scientists receive more than £100 million for blue skies research
Fourth funding round of government’s future leaders programme aims to turn scientific ideas into products and services
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First Covid-19 challenge study working with live virus planned for the UK
Pending ethics panel approval, healthy volunteers would be infected with Sars-CoV-2 to help understand disease and test vaccines
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to open first chemistry lab in its 130-year history
Renowned molecular biology institute is bringing click chemistry to drug discovery
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Chemistry at work in e-liquids is still poorly understood, worrying researchers
New compounds with potentially harmful effects on the lungs can form from the mixture of flavours and solvents – even at room temperature
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New Covid-19 test doesn’t need reagents that are in short supply
US researchers develop a two-step test for the novel coronavirus that doesn’t requires the use of scarce reagents
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Mario Molina, who warned of CFC threat to the ozone layer, dies
Atmospheric chemist’s work led to the phasing out of ozone-depleting substances
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Physical sciences funder wants UK women to go for bigger grants
Just five applications for grants over £10 million received from women since 2007
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Indian government pursues national journal access plan
New model would replace institutional subscriptions, but is subject to publishers’ cooperation
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Immigration vote outcome greeted with relief by Swiss scientists
Research community feared a repeat of 2014 vote that led to Switzerland being frozen out of EU science programmes
