All Working life articles – Page 16
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News
A career in research is becoming increasingly ‘temporary’
The half-life of a scientific career has dropped from 35 years to five in the last 50 years
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News
More than half of EU scientists are thinking of leaving Brexit UK
UK science and engineering trade union survey finds 66% of its European members have considered leaving the country
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News
Chemist’s rescue mission saved doctoral student trapped in Isis war zone
Lund University analytical chemistry professor hired mercenaries to free her PhD student and his family from Islamic State territory
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Business
How many papers do you read a week?
Everyone needs a strategy to keep up with the literature
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News
Chemistry graduate student gets seven years for poisoning co-worker
Chinese PhD student spiked colleague’s food and water with carcinogen
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News
Chemistry prof sues for $20m over alleged gender discrimination
University of Arizona chemistry professor launches class action lawsuit, says she and other female faculty were grossly underpaid, not promoted
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News
Mentors with wide-ranging research interests nurture the most successful scientists
Study examined career paths and mentoring support for 18,000 biomedical researchers
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Opinion
Family-friendly science
We need to encourage working fathers to take on more childcare responsibilities
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News
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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Puzzle
On the spot: Boil and bubble
What would you do if a bottle of waste chemicals starts bubbling?
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Opinion
‘Chemists dismissed us as being too biologically focused’
How directed evolution winning the chemistry Nobel is going to change my field
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News
It's time peer reviewers got some love
Proper recognition of the vital role referees play is overdue
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News
Bitter feuding at Cochrane healthcare audit body paralyses organisation
One member has been expelled from the governing board while another four resign with accusations of pharmaceutical industry bias flying
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News
Disgraced US chemistry professor will not face jail time
Ex-Colorado State University chemist Brian McNaughton reaches a plea deal after being caught forging a job offer letter to get a raise
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News
Blueprint outlined to add in ‘fail-safes’ for science publishing
Raft of measures suggested by prominent critics of science’s reproducibility problems
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Opinion
Chemistry A-level entries show rise in popularity
Exam results in the UK show more young people, particularly young women, are studying chemistry
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Opinion
Brute force and ignorance
It’s time for academia to get with the project plan and fail faster