All Government articles
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Business
US plans to close Chemical Safety Board by October
Government says CSB duplicates capabilities in other agencies
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Careers
Careers in science policy
The Stem professionals thriving in careers at the intersection of science and society
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News
NSF chemistry funding faces 75% cut under Trump budget request
If Congress enacts White House proposal, grant success rate at the National Science Foundation is predicted to plummet to 7%
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News
US government to ‘aggressively revoke’ Chinese students’ visas
Serious concerns raised over plan to cancel the visas of students from China studying in ‘critical fields’
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News
Explainer: Why is the UK banning disposable vapes?
Prior to the ban, almost seventy million single-use e-cigarettes were being discarded each year in the UK – containing enough lithium for a thousand electric vehicle batteries
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Opinion
Ignoring women’s health shouldn’t be an option
Developing therapies for conditions that predominantly affect women is a neglected, but enormous, opportunity
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News
UK government announces 10-year budgets for R&D
Policy details to be announced at next spending review
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Business
Trade deals stave off Trump’s tariffs temporarily
Initial agreements with China and UK have paused trade war, but uncertainty reigns
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News
ERC increases funding offer to support scientists moving to Europe
Move is part of global efforts to attract researchers dismayed by the funding chaos in the US
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Business
US approves natural food dyes while pushing to phase out synthetic colours
Government sets voluntary goal of removing artificial colours by 2027
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News
UK funding agency to support controversial climate cooling research
Critics warn against shifting focus from emissions reduction towards ‘speculative’ cooling technologies
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Opinion
Iran port explosion highlights issues of shipping hazardous chemicals
Intersecting regulations and jurisdictions mean rules can be accidentally or deliberately overlooked
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News
Trump’s ‘skinny budget’ has plans to cut science and research to the bone
White House budget blueprint would slash funding for NSF and NIH by 55% and 40%, respectively, prompting dire warnings
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Opinion
Quality research under threat as budgets are being squeezed
Researchers are once again being asked to turn less into more
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Opinion
Giving companies room to grow
Can shopping centres and offices become urban lab spaces for innovative companies to grow and scale-up?
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News
Trump-appointed US science agency director resigns
There is major tumult at the NSF, including grant cancellations, and its director has abruptly quit with more than a year left on his six-year term
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Business
Out of the suburbs: the rise of urban labs
Could empty office blocks and shopping centres provide much-needed space for growing companies?
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News
‘Exodus will require action’: chemistry laureates warn young researchers will desert US
Trump administration’s targeting of grants, funding and visas creating hostile environment for scientists
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Business
The problem of scale-up in the UK
What’s the point of knowledge generation if we’re not creating high value jobs, asks Chris Kay
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Business
The hole in the UK chemical industry
Norman Keane thinks ICI’s breakup has left a gap in scale-up knowhow and skills, as well as a lack of facilites