Right after Liang Zhang, a young chemistry professor at East China Normal University (ECNU) in Shanghai, joined the university in January 2020, efforts to build the lab that would house his team were placed on hold by Covid-19. But Zhang…
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Putting research on the chopping block risks mortgaging countries’ futures | Opinion
Lean times are ahead for research and universities around the world. Few countries in the global north have escaped growing pessimism in the science sector as university leaders talk of ‘belt tightening’ and the need to ‘make savings’….
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Chemists amid coronavirus five years on: Lee Cronin | Opinion
Lee Cronin, the regius chair of chemistry at the University of Glasgow, UK, who is also founder and chief executive of the deep tech chemical science company Chemify, faced significant challenges and struggles during the Covid-19 pandemic….
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Diversification and extinction of Hemiptera in deep time
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Digitization as a research methodology in colonial natural history collections
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Climate change and the global distribution of wealth
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Tracing inclusivity at UNFCCC conferences through side events and interest group dynamics
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Here’s which generation is actually most sensitive, according to science
Which generation is the most sensitive? The answer to this question depends on who you ask. US psychologist Dr Jean Twenge has conducted multiple studies comparing the psychological traits of different cohorts and claimed that, compared with…
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Yale’s Game-Changing Method Turns Carbon Dioxide Into Usable Energy With Incredible Efficiency
Yale scientists have developed a more efficient process to convert CO₂ emissions into methanol using a “two-in-one” catalyst, making carbon capture more scalable for industrial use. Yale scientists have made a significant advancement toward…
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Tracking Carbon-Capturing Fungal Networks with Robotics
Scientists have developed a method that uses robotics to track the links between plants and the symbiotic or mycorrhizal fungi that grow alongside of them; these physical links move supplies like carbon and…
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