All Europe articles – Page 37
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BusinessBuilding better bottles
Catalytic Technologies wants to replace antimony catalysts in polyester production with safer, more active titanium
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News
European food safety body finds glyphosate 'unlikely' to cause cancer
Report sits at odds with WHO viewpoint and may lead to introduction of dosage limits
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NewsEurope picks its panel of seven scientific advisers
The commission’s new advisory support team will be backed up by more money and resources than the chief scientific adviser post it replaces
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NewsUK science’s ‘superpower’ status at risk
Long-term planning needed to push public and private R&D investment to 3% of GDP, science committee concludes
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NewsChemistry departments running in the red in the UK
Large increase in students and lack of investment may be to blame
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NewsGM food and feed law falters in EU parliament
Proposal would have allowed individual member states to ban the sale of genetically modified organisms
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NewsGamblers judge research quality cheaply and well
‘Prediction market’ trial in chemistry departments suggest less arduous way to prepare for research assessment
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NewsWellcome Trust announces health research funding boost
The charity will increase spending to £5 billion over the next five years
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NewsFalling Horizon success rates worry research community
Success rates for European research programme drop to 14% as private industry takes larger share of squeezed pot
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NewsRoyal Institution to sell off books to pay debts
UK science association hopes to make £750,000 by auctioning 90 historical texts from its library
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NewsChemists’ anxiety mounts as spending review nears
Warnings that repeat of flat cash settlement would be disastrous and lead to a brain drain
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Scientists launch campaign to oppose UK exit from EU
Anti-Brexit group argues EU membership is essential for UK’s science base
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CareersTraining in European policy
The agencies of the EU and European Commission over a range of traineeships, many of which are suited to chemists. Emma Davies reports
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ResearchWaste not, want not?
Exclusive interview with Karen Wilson, research director at the European Bioenergy Research Institute
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Research bodies urge UK government to protect science funding
Nearly 200 organisations call to ‘cement the UK as a global leader in R&D’
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Business
Cancer Drugs Fund axes 23 treatments
The UK government has cut down the list of cancer therapies it will pay for through the Cancer Drugs Fund
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NewsStorm clouds gather for UK science as government weighs cuts
Science campaign groups warn against radical cost-cutting and research council restructuring as spending review nears
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BusinessGreek crisis puts pressure on pharmaceuticals
Public spending cuts and capital restrictions on banks have exacerbated drug supply problems in Greece
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NewsScotland moves to ban GM crops under EU law
Concerns expressed that decision to protect nation’s ‘clean, green status’ is not based on sound science