All Academia articles – Page 64
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OpinionThinking ahead
PhD courses must prepare students for a life after research, says Mark Peplow
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NewsData falsification hits polymer mechanochemistry papers
Misconduct by member of Christopher Bielawski’s group has led to several retractions
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NewsRoyal Society to address gender imbalance
Society will encourage more women to apply for awards after ‘unacceptable’ success rate in 2014
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US universities back new bill to curb patent trolls
Academic research community endorses competing legislation as harmless to university tech transfer
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US health agencies expands open access policy
Move will add 110,000 new papers to PubMed every year
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NewsForgotten synthetic PhD theses set to be given new lease of life
Chemical structures will be harvested from graduate work and analysed for promising drug and materials leads
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News‘Pee power’ urinal trialled on university campus
Microbial fuel cells that run on urine could be used to light toilet blocks in refugee camps
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PodcastChemistry World podcast – March 2015
How cephalopods teach chemists about camouflage, and new ways to convert carbon dioxide into useful materials
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NewsUS universities warn against patent reform proposals
Congress is considering legislation that would devastate university technology transfer, more than 140 universities caution
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NewsOpen records laws used to bully, harass academics
Most US universities unprepared to deal with a deluge of freedom of information requests, report finds
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CareersThe mothers of invention
Nina Notman profiles four researchers successfully balancing an academic career with family life
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NewsEconomic crisis to erode Russia's science base
Funding to be cut by 10% this year threatening some larger projects
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FeatureConduct and misconduct
After high profile hoaxes, the scientific community is looking to ensure that researchers maintain high standards of research integrity. Bea Perks reports
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NewsPoll finds majority of scientists engaging with public
AAAS members taking to social media and blogs to help inform science and technology discourse
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US National Academies to revisit scientific misconduct
New report will move beyond old definitions and promote better working practices
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US funder mulls new emeritus award
NIH considers creating a transition award for senior investigators to help sustain the US scientific workforce
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PodcastChemistry World podcast - February 2015
Cannabis, peanuts and explosive investigations – all in the February 2015 Chemistry World podcast
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Higher education funding boost confirmed for England
Universities will receive an additional £1 billion in the forthcoming financial year
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Probe into price fixing at Russian universities
Fees have soared by more than 25% this year at some universities
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CareersA new ERA for European science?
The European Research Area has made scientists more mobile, but the picture isn’t entirely rosy, finds Andy Extance