All Research institutions articles – Page 13
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Theoretical chemistry group takes stand on all-male speaker lists
The RFCT in France has taken a radical step to address gender diversity at conferences
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New executive chair for UK physical sciences research council
University of Cambridge professor to succeed Philip Nelson at the helm of the country’s main chemistry funder
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Scientific trade union expands to cover all UKRI employees
Staff at all seven of the UK’s research councils are now represented by Prospect
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Lack of ambition in Europe’s next research programme disappoints
Horizon Europe will significantly increase funding for R&D but science organisations say it’s not enough
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Stifling bureaucracy and deferential attitudes holding Chinese science back
Cultural change is needed for the nation to become an innovation giant, study claims
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Putting a price on Europe’s spending on scientific journals
Analysis comes as consortia of institutes revolt over price increases and open access across the continent
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Review
Exhibition: Deconstructing patterns
This year’s exhibition at the Francis Crick Insitute mixes art and science
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Problems of an ageing population addressed by extra UK funding
£300 million from fund will go towards research on dementia and personalised medicine
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Article
Can patents ever be as popular as papers?
Do you think patents are long, boring and useless? Maybe it’s time to change your mind.
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New director for Royal Institution
Institute troubled by past financial difficulties to be helmed by engineer with business and academic experience
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Wellcome Trust publishes gender pay gap
Women working at the charity earn 20% less than men on average
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America’s new tax law hits research universities
Warnings that taxing endowments of top universities under the overhauled tax code will threaten research
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Brazil’s budget booed by the country’s scientists
Science funding in Brazil appears frozen at 2017 amounts – its lowest level in 10 years, despite promises of a 40% increase
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Budget begins to reveal how UK will hit research funding target
Autumn Statement earmarks extra £2.3 billion in 2021 to help reach goal of 2.4% of GDP spent on R&D
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Call for ‘complete’ overhaul of India’s CSIR
Widespread problems have resulted from labs being told to refocus on industrial research and fund themselves
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Men ask more questions than women at science conferences
Study at international science congress reveals male attendees ask 1.8 questions for every one asked by a woman
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Opinion
Inside a fledgling research group
You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your lab partners…
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EPSRC chief executive will stay on for another six months
Philip Nelson will remain head of UK physical sciences agency as research councils merge to form UKRI
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Uproar over EPA’s plan to ban its grantees from science committees
EPA chief says members of its scientific advisory panels get ‘millions of dollars’ in grants from the agency, which poses conflicts of interest
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Litany of security breaches at US government science institute revealed
National Institute of Standards and Technology’s security lapses persist, more than two years after illegal meth production was uncovered at one of its sites