All Academia articles – Page 25
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NewsImproper publishing incentives in science put under microscope around the world
Gaming of systems puts quality research at risk
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NewsSpringer 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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News100 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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NewsFirst 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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NewsCold 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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NewsPhysical 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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NewsIndian government pursues national journal access plan
New model would replace institutional subscriptions, but is subject to publishers’ cooperation
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NewsImmigration 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
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ResearchChemistry Nobel predictions range from organometallic chemistry to DNA synthesis
Crispr is favoured by chemists while publication analysis forecasts winners working on nanocrystals, organometallic chemistry and supramolecular self-assembly
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CareersPeer review requires revisions
Peer review is not perfect, but nor is it fundamentally flawed
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NewsUS revokes over 1000 visas of Chinese students and researchers
Academic and science groups concerned by cancellations
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NewsDrastic cuts to Europe’s research programme prompts outcry from scientists
Open letter from leading scientists warns of declining innovation and a brain drain
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NewsThe first ever postdoc union at a private US university has been formed
1700 postdoc researchers at Columbia University join to secure higher pay, protection for harassment victims and parental leave
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NewsTop Indian labs have earned nothing from tech transfer for years
About 13% of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research labs have earned no technology transfer revenue since at least 2015
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NewsShinzo Abe leaves a mixed legacy for Japanese science
While applied research has been boosted there are complaints that fundamental work has suffered
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NewsChemists welcome India’s new education policy’s focus on interdisciplinary learning
Policy wins backing from academics but concerns remain around funding and implementation
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NewsUS science Nobel laureates back Biden in presidential race
Eighty-one US Nobel prize winners, including 24 in chemistry, are publicly supporting Biden over Trump
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NewsChina has 600 outposts across the world to recruit scientists
Report claims to have uncovered network to acquire advanced technology in not only the US, but also Germany, Australia, the UK and beyond
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NewsEuropean Synchrotron’s new x-rays shine 100 times brighter
Extremely Brilliant Source, which took €150 million and 20 months to build, has already been used for Covid-19 research