All Government articles – Page 74
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NewsAntibiotic partnership plans accelerated drug development
Public–private venture will invest $350 million over five years but there are warnings that much more money is still needed
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NewsReport takes aim at research assessment’s cost and distortions
Head of British Academy recommends more flexibility for the Research Excellence Framework to end ‘gaming’ of the exercise
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NewsHinkley Point plant beset by further delays
Government postpones final go-ahead at Hinkley Point in Somerset until the autumn
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NewsFailed coup leads to crackdown on academics
More than 1500 deans have been dismissed from universities amid claims of a settling of political scores
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NewsWorld doping body reinstates Rio lab
Drug lab will test athletes’ samples for the Olympics after questions about standards at the facility led to suspension
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NewsNo health effects from chemicals from West Virginia spill
January 2014 leak from Freedom Industries’ site at levels too low to harm people’s health
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NewsNational Academies seek post-Brexit commitments
Seven leading scientific societies have published a joint statement of concern for the future of UK research and innovation
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NewsIsraeli chemists urge government to ban chemical weapons
Open letter presses prime minister to ‘remove the curse of chemical weapons from the face of the Earth
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NewsYoung scientists discover if you don’t ask you don’t get
Early career biomedical researchers struggle to secure grants simply because older investigators apply for more
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NewsReshuffle sees Department for Energy and Climate Change scrapped
Universities and science are split across two departments but Jo Johnson remains in place as minister overseeing both
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NewsCroatian scientists take government to court to free €50 million of EU funds
Centres of excellence claim that assistant science minister is blocking release of funds for political purposes
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NewsExplainer: what will Brexit mean for science?
We make sense of what the referendum decision will mean for the country’s universities, researchers and students
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BusinessBrexit uncertainty ripples across regulation
What might leaving the EU mean for medicines regulation, the Unified Patent Court, and the UK’s participation in Reach?
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NewsLondon mayor reveals plan to tackle pollution
Tough new measures include a £10 emissions charge in central London for the most polluting vehicles
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NewsBrexit’s uncertain future leaves scientists reeling
Academics consider their future in UK in referendum’s wake amid reports of researchers being excluded from EU projects
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OpinionScience needs safeguards before Brexit occurs
UK researchers must argue loudly and clearly for a settlement that safeguards science
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NewsBias in science funding favours big Canadian universities
Weak research grant funding at smaller universities is result of ‘systemic bias’
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NewsHollywood may have shaped Iraq war chemical weapons intel
Claim that nerve agents were stored in glass beads bears resemblance to action film
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NewsUncertainty plagues UK’s future in European ‘big science’ projects
Although its short term future is secure, UK’s role in future projects is on shakier ground after Brexit vote
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NewsLords call for re-think on Innovate UK merger
Warning that industry funder would lose its business focus if placed within body overseeing research councils