All articles by Angeli Mehta – Page 4
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BusinessIneos to buy BP petrochemicals businesses for $5bn
Deal covers 14 acetyls and aromatics manufacturing plants and 10 joint ventures
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NewsRoadmap plans route out of pandemic purgatory for UK research
Ambition applauded by science community but researchers yet to be sold on its substance
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NewsEU science programme will be hurt by Brexit but will survive
Network analysis suggests excellent science pillar of Horizon framework will be hardest hit
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BusinessDramatic job cuts at BP and Johnson Matthey
Coronavirus pandemic catalyses shift away from oil
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NewsUK project aims to cut the cost of producing clean, green hydrogen
Goal is to drive down price of hydrogen made by splitting water using renewable energy
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FeatureThe plastic sorting challenge
Before we can recycle many plastics, they must be sorted into separate streams. Angeli Mehta finds out how
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NewsNobel laureates see a dip in the influence of their work after winning prize
Decline in impact comes despite Nobel winners remaining just as productive and well-funded
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BusinessMystery surrounds UK claim of Covid-19 test reagent ‘shortage’
Suppliers are stepping up production to meet demand as UK targets mass testing
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NewsFuture of UK science hangs in the balance in crucial year
Promises to double funding and create new blue skies research agency sit uneasily with likelihood of crashing out of EU science programmes
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NewsWorking with a top scientist gives a junior researcher a boost that lasts a lifetime
Co-authoring with someone outstanding in their field increases the chance that a young scientist will become a leader too
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NewsUK considers what life would look like outside Europe’s huge research programme
If the UK left Horizon Europe an extra £1.5 billion per year would be needed to make up the shortfall
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News75% of European spending on scientific journals goes to ‘big five’ publishers
But only 56% of research is published by these top publishers
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NewsRSC report finds publishing pipeline hinders women
Peer reviewers were more likely to reject papers from female authors, especially if the reviewer was male
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NewsHow long do scientists spend formatting manuscripts for publication every year?
Study puts a number on the cost in time and money
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NewsScience now being undermined by US government on an almost weekly basis
Bipartisan report says that abuse of government science has reached record levels
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News1% of chemicals end up on benches in undergrad labs
First effort to quantify spillages points way to improving chemical handling
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FeatureConcrete’s carbon problem
The world’s most common building material has a huge carbon footprint. Angeli Mehta talks to the scientists trying to reduce it
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NewsUK MPs criticise government inaction on harmful chemicals
A report calls for urgent changes to the way flame retardants and packaging additives are regulated
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NewsUniversity of California cut off from Elsevier journals after contract cancellation
System of 10 universities has been preparing for loss of journals for months with legal avenues arranged to access new papers
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NewsStudy paints upbeat picture of global trust in science
But inequality and erosion of trust in public institutions linked to mistrust of science