All Academia articles – Page 6
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NewsRow erupts over funder’s decision to suspend diversity panel following government pressure
Science minister Michelle Donelan demanded a response from UKRI after accusing members of the panel of ‘extremist views’
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NewsOpen access consortium Coalition S invites feedback on ‘responsible publishing’ plan
Proposal would see early article versions and peer review reports freely available
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CareersRecognising the roles that senior PhDs and postdocs play in training new lab members
A number of schemes now provide training and recognition for the work done to support students
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NewsWhat will the next election bring for UK researchers?
What the major parties are saying about spending, research clusters and academic freedom
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NewsReport reveals worrying lack of support for disabled doctoral students
A third of disabled Stem PhD students don’t get the support they need to thrive
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NewsElsevier’s tiered pricing structure will see low-income countries pay least for submissions
Pilot programme will mean researchers from the poorest countries have article fees waived
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NewsLabs stand empty in Israel while fate of Gazan universities hangs in balance
As war rages in the Middle East, the plight of Gazan scientists is unclear as international students and researchers leave Israel and scientists are called up to fight
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NewsIrish PhD researchers left disappointed as stipend raise is just half of what was hoped for
Independent review recommended increasing stipends to €25,000 but they rose to just €22,000
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NewsChemistry journal’s reforestation scheme sees 2500 trees planted in first six weeks
Angewandte Chemie partnership aims to plant a tree for every manuscript submitted
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NewsPension deal agreed for UK academics but divisions over pay remain unsolved
Joint statement by employers and union hails reversal to pension scheme cuts
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NewsBerkeley Lab to lead US hunt for element 120 after breakdown of collaboration with Russia
Fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sees US go it alone on efforts to synthesise new elements
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News2023 Nobel prize in chemistry goes to trio behind quantum dots
Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, and Alexei Ekimov win chemistry’s top prize for work that ended up in high resolution TVs and displays
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NewsUltrafast light pulses scoop Nobel prize in physics
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier recognised for work on attosecond experiments for studying electron dynamics
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NewsUniversity of California accused of not honouring contracts negotiated following massive strike
Months after postdocs and researchers won better pay and conditions, many of the promised benefits haven’t materialised
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NewsPioneers in synthetic biology and next-generation DNA sequencing among predictions for chemistry Nobel prize
Data science divinations and community chatter pick favourites for chemistry’s top prize
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NewsNew Royal Society fellowship to support Black researchers
Scheme may be expanded to other underrepresented groups if it’s successful
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NewsPublishers settle copyright infringement lawsuit with ResearchGate
Elsevier and the American Chemical Society resolve ongoing claims with an automated check on papers’ copyright status
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NewsRetraction Watch database bought by Crossref
Deal aims to make retractions easier for researchers to spot
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NewsWork on why scientists seem to enjoy licking rocks scoops chemistry Ig Nobel
Necrobotics, defecation analysis and boring lectures among other topics honoured in spoof annual award ceremony