All Academia articles – Page 46
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NewsAmerica’s largest scientific society gets tough on Trump
‘It is terrifying that our government is operating without the advice of scientists,’ the AAAS president tells the group’s annual meeting
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NewsTrump’s latest budget request gives scientists a fright
Plans to slash science funding bodies by around 30% in 2019 headed off by Congress
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NewsNew director for Royal Institution
Institute troubled by past financial difficulties to be helmed by engineer with business and academic experience
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NewsWellcome Trust publishes gender pay gap
Women working at the charity earn 20% less than men on average
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NewsUK research councils sign responsible research assessment pledge
Funders will discourage the use of impact factors and other journal metrics to judge research
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NewsCommunity defends chemistry professor facing deportation from US
Over 53,000 sign petition to keep a Bangladeshi chemistry professor from being deported, after his sudden arrest by immigration officials
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CareersHow to become a professor
Want to succeed in academia? Here’s what universities are looking for
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NewsNumber of international students applying and enrolling at US universities drops
New data confirms enrolment of overseas student pursuing science and engineering degrees dropped 6% in 2017
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NewsAnonymous survey sheds light on research misconduct
Most academic and industrial scientists polled had either committed or witnessed unethical practices
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NewsA picture speaks a thousand words in new scientific journal
Illustrations will explain the latest research in an accessible way
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NewsUS government shutdown ends, but problems for science persist
The compromise that allowed the government to reopen is still worrying the nation’s research community
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NewsConcern over vetting of US science grants by political appointee
National Academies speak out after news of Interior Department’s policy on grants worth more than $50,000 emerges
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ReviewYou must be very intelligent: the PhD delusion
Philippa Matthews reviews a semi-autobiographical account of a PhD student in the UK
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NewsChemistry best science in US when it comes to gender pay gap
More than 60% of chemistry doctorates go to men, but the field performs well on equal pay for men and women finding their first job
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NewsUK drug discovery model must ‘break and change’
Report calls for joined-up approach that brings together charities, industry and universities
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NewsChanging political climate threatens US cannabis research
Trump administration reverses rule protecting states with legalised marijuana
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OpinionA question of reproducibility
Survey of metal–organic frameworks raises concerns about the reliability of adsorption data
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NewsNobelist Steven Chu is AAAS’s new president-elect
Obama’s former energy department director has been appointed to help lead the world’s largest general scientific society