All Government articles – Page 57
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NewsVenezuelan science woes worsen
Universities in Venezuela suffer as the US dollar exchange rate rose 500-fold last year and research allocations disappeared from budgets
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NewsEU imposes sanctions on Syrian chemical weapon scientists
Measures restrict movement and freeze assets of 16 Syrian scientists and military officials, following chemical attacks
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NewsUS State Department loses its science adviser
Chemist Vaughan Turekian to head up the US National Academies’ sustainability programme after Trump’s neglect of science posts
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OpinionThe dark side of dichloromethane
Policymakers and industry must take steps to curb emissions of popular solvent
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BusinessMallinckrodt settles US opioid lawsuit
Firm will pay $35m over allegations it failed to report suspicious orders of controlled substances
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News£138 million pledged to UK research–industry collaborations
Investment is expected to speed up commercialisation of research
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NewsMaterial lessons from Grenfell
Call for better testing and regulation on combustible building materials following last month’s deadly London fire
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BusinessEU to investigate Merck KGaA’s merger with Sigma–Aldrich
Commission says Merck failed to disclose a crucial research project
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NewsDoubling funding ‘bare minimum’ to keep EU research competitive
Research programme should increase cooperation and get more countries to pay in
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NewsParental pressures contribute to leaky pipeline in US
Survey suggests being a postdoc is ‘not compatible’ with becoming a parent
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News£100 million fund to attract top researchers to UK
Rutherford Fund part of government’s strategy to make UK ‘go-to place for scientists, innovators and tech investors’
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NewsFundamental science falling by the wayside in Canada
Basic science has suffered as a focus on applied research has seen funding dry up and researchers focus on commercial work
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NewsEuropean ‘One Health’ plan aims to curb antimicrobial resistance
Action plan treats human and animal health as interconnected
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BusinessUkraine plans to privatise state chemical producers
Government aims to develop struggling industry by attracting foreign investment
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NewsScience community still wary as Trump's travel ban partially reinstated
Supreme court ruling allows entry by students, professors and lecturers from six targeted muslim-majority nations
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NewsUS environment agency delivers on chemical reform
One year after Obama enacted law to modernise chemical regulation the EPA has met its deadlines and issued the required rules
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NewsEPSRC funds third of research proposals over past year
In 2016–2017 34% of proposals were granted funding worth £533 million
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NewsInternational action urged on endocrine disrupting antibacterials
More than 200 scientists call for restrictions on triclosan and triclocarban use and production
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NewsTeaching quality assessment ranks UK universities
Teaching Excellence Framework results out with those awarded gold, silver or bronze able to increase fees in line with inflation
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NewsSpain loses 12,000 researchers in five years
Falling R&D investment is leading to a ‘brain drain’