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Chemistry World November 7, 2012 Callum Saunders |
130 questions "Will we ever speak dolphin?" edited by Mick O'Hare has arrived. This book draws together a collection of questions and answers from the Last Word column in the New Scientist. |
Chemistry World November 5, 2012 Mico Tatalovic |
Scientists petition Serbian government to tackle misconduct More than 800 scientists have signed a petition started two weeks ago campaigning for an overhaul of research ethics and the assessment process for researchers in Serbia, amid systematic and widely-tolerated academic misconduct. |
Chemistry World November 1, 2012 Ian Le Guillou |
Call for 4G windfall to go to UK science The proceeds from the forthcoming sale of the 4G mobile internet spectrum should be reinvested in UK science and innovation. |
Chemistry World November 1, 2012 Patrick McGhee |
Losing concentration In the UK, successive governments have held to the mantra that funding for university research should be heavily concentrated in a handful of universities. |
Chemistry World October 31, 2012 Ian Le Guillou |
How do you solve a problem like misconduct? Against a backdrop of a rapid increase in misconduct cases, representatives of the world's scientific societies and academies have banded together to produce a plan to shore up research integrity. |
Chemistry World October 25, 2012 Philip Ball |
h is for horoscope? Named after Jorge Hirsch, the physicist who devised this measure of achievement, the h index quantifies how many highly cited papers an individual has written: h of his or her papers have been cited at least h times. Hirsch says that tenured researchers tend to have an h index of at least 12. |
Chemistry World October 23, 2012 Leila Sattary |
EPSRC grant success rates rise The UK's largest physical sciences funding agency has experienced a significant decrease in the number of applications submitted in 2011 -- 12, which has led to the highest grant success rates in the last decade. |
Chemistry World October 12, 2012 Laura Howes |
Government adds 200 million to research partnership fund At the Conservative party conference earlier this week, UK chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne pledged 200 million of new money to the Research Partnership Investment Fund which supports university capital projects. |
Chemistry World October 12, 2012 Mico Tatalovic |
Attempts to reform Croatian science stall The long-awaited reform of Croatia's science and higher education policy suffered a sudden setback last week when the prime minister, Zoran Milanovic, backtracked on the left-wing government's changes to the existing science laws. |
Chemistry World October 9, 2012 Yan Yan |
Developing countries look to greater scientific cooperation Science and technology ministers from a number of developing countries have called for improved multinational cooperation to develop their respective science bases at the recent annual meeting of The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World. |
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