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Royal Society president reignites Elon Musk row by defending lack of action

Society should only eject fellows for fraud or other defects in their research, says Paul Nurse

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14

Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published

Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2025

UK scientists fear £1bn funding cut for new research

Concerns that future projects may be axed in budget to help pay for rejoining EU’s Horizon programme

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2024

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20 Years Ago, Two Physicists Made A Groundbreaking Discovery That Changed Technology Forever

Has graphene been a resounding success or a damp squib? As is so often the case, the reality is somewhere in between.

Inverse · Sep 29, 2024

Graphene at 20: still no sign of the promised space elevator, but here’s how this wonder material is quietly changing the world

Twenty years ago this October, two physicists at the University of Manchester, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, published a groundbreaking paper on the “electric field effect in atomically thin carbon films”. Their work described the extraordinary electronic properties of graphene, a crystalline form of carbon equivalent to a single layer…

The Conversation · Sep 23, 2024

Wafer-thin, stretchy and strong as steel: could ‘miracle’ material graphene finally transform our world?

The material, discovered in 2004, was meant to be revolutionary. But only now is the technology coming of age

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2024

‘Things will only get worse’: fears top scientists may shun UK over Brexit

British-based Nobel prize winner says hopes for securing an alliance with the crucial Horizon Europe collaboration are fading fast

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022

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