Commentary – Page 5
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Opinion
Time to stop using patents to measure innovation in universities
The number of filed patents is a misleading metric for assessing academic research
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News
Nottingham green labs rise from ashes
Innovative low carbon labs rebuilt after fire destroyed them mid-construction
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Opinion
Taking the nuclear option
If the UK is to leave Euratom then it needs to quickly take advice from the community
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Opinion
Should scientists be taught how to work in a team?
Soft skills like teamwork and communication could boost undergraduates’ career prospects
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Opinion
What counts as a step during chemical synthesis?
Disagreements over the definition of a chemical step underlie much broader questions
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Opinion
Why Trump must rebuild the US–Russian nuclear relationship
The President elect must restart cooperation or risk a return to the cold war
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Opinion
An unsettling forecast
Uncertainty makes for a poor bedfellow when it comes to the scientific enterprise
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Opinion
Why Donald Trump will be a disaster for US science
The best hope for the world is that the president-elect was lying about his policies
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Opinion
A nanocarbon revolution
Twenty years on from the Nobel prize for fullerenes chemists pay tribute to the field Harry Kroto helped to launch
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Opinion
Why molecular machines are more than just toys
This year’s Nobel prize could shift the field into high gear
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Opinion
The G20 have set out the future for innovation – we must hold them to it
The latest summit unveiled a blueprint showing world leaders take science seriously
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Opinion
Exoplanets are our final frontier
Chemists will be integral to the hunt for biosignatures on distant worlds
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Opinion
A new source of helium is good news for science
Success prospecting for helium shouldn’t halt efforts to conserve and recover this vital scientific resource
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Opinion
Science needs safeguards before Brexit occurs
UK researchers must argue loudly and clearly for a settlement that safeguards science
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Opinion
We need a global plan to beat resistance
We all need to do our bit and act for the common good if we’re going to protect antibiotics
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Opinion
Why US chemical regulation reform is so welcome
The Toxic Substances Control Act is just the beginning
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Opinion
Don't bet against Elon Musk's electric car revolution
Tesla’s Gigafactory is set to be a milestone for electric vehicles
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Opinion
Plastic not so fantastic
The world has a big problem with small plastics and the time to act is now