dalmeetsMay 30, 20191 minRetracted chemistry studies most often plagued with plagiarismMore than 40% of chemistry papers retracted in the last two years were pulled because of plagiarism, according to a new study. The next most common reason fo...
dalmeetsApr 18, 20191 minSpringer Nature publishes chemistry book written entirely by machineSpringer Nature, the world’s second biggest academic publisher, has published the first scholarly book authored entirely by machines. The book, which is free...
dalmeetsFeb 18, 20191 minChemistry student to face trial for allegedly poisoning roommate with thalliumA chemistry student who allegedly poisoned his roommate with highly toxic thallium will face trial and has had his bail raised to $2.5 million, the Northampt...
dalmeetsDec 11, 20181 minGraduate student gets prison sentence for poisoning colleagueA former chemistry PhD candidate at Queen’s University in Canada who confessed to poisoning a colleague has been sentenced to seven years in prison. The full...
dalmeetsOct 11, 20181 minBBC Science in Action: Publishers vs ResearchGate lawsuitScholarly publishers Elsevier and the American Chemical Society have filed a lawsuit against ResearchGate, an academic social networking site, alleging that ...
dalmeetsOct 9, 20181 minElsevier and American Chemical Society escalate legal fight with academic networking siteThe American Chemical Society (ACS) and publishing giant Elsevier have filed a second lawsuit against ResearchGate, alleging mass copyright infringement. The...
dalmeetsJun 20, 20181 minChemists criticise mooted shutdown of 3D visualisation toolsResearchers are voicing concerns over a move that may affect many 3D visualisation programs that are commonly used in computational research. The full articl...
dalmeetsApr 5, 20181 minMismatch between citations and chemists’ expectationsThe studies chemistry researchers perceive to be the most important in their field are not always the ones that get cited the most, according to a new survey...
dalmeetsNov 6, 20171 minCourt demands that search engines and internet service providers block Sci-HubThe American Chemical Society (ACS) has won a lawsuit it filed in June against Sci-Hub, a website providing illicit free access to millions of paywalled scie...
dalmeetsOct 6, 20171 minPublishers take ResearchGate to court, alleging massive copyright infringementScholarly publishing giants Elsevier and the American Chemical Society (ACS) have filed a lawsuit in Germany against ResearchGate, a popular academic network...
dalmeetsSep 7, 20171 minAmerican Chemical Society demands $4.8 million in damages from Sci-HubThe American Chemical Society (ACS) has demanded $4.8 million (£3.7 million) in damages from Sci-Hub, a website that illegally provides access to millions of...
dalmeetsAug 30, 20171 minFake peer review hits RSC journalsJournals of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) — which also publishes Chemistry World — have today retracted five papers due to a compromised peer review p...
dalmeetsAug 3, 20171 minOver 90% of chemistry literature freely available at pirate siteMore than 92% of chemistry journal papers – most of which are paywalled – are available for free from pirate site Sci-Hub, an analysis has revealed. The full...
dalmeetsJul 5, 20171 minAmerican Chemical Society files lawsuit against pirate siteThe American Chemical Society (ACS) has filed a lawsuit against a website that illegally bypasses paywalls to provide free access to millions of academic pap...
dalmeetsMar 20, 20171 minTaking on chemistry's reproducibility problemNot a week passes without reproducibility in science – or the lack of it – hitting the headlines. Although much of the criticism is directed at the biomedica...
dalmeetsAug 18, 20161 minChemistry group throws out election results after fears of vote riggingMembers of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) are reacting with puzzlement and shock after learning that the results of a recent online lea...
