All Government articles – Page 84
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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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NewsRussia faces international scientific blockade
Sanctions hampering imports of research equipment and damaging country’s science base
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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
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NewsObama's clean power plan stirs controversy
Carbon dioxide emissions from power plants to fall by 32% by 2030, but the legislation faces opposition from the chemical industry
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NewsUS government science institute's one time police chief linked to campus meth lab
Explosion injuring a member of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s security force uncovered methamphetamine production
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Opinion
Living on credit
Greece should be wary of short-changing its universities to balance the budget or it could mortgage its future
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Switzerland R&D spending falls after Horizon 2020 cash freeze
Referendum vote to limit EU immigration has led to national research spending being cuts of 7%
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OpinionDown to business
To make the economic case for research, scientists need to understand how commercialisation works, says Mark Peplow
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NewsUS government uncovers safety failings at nuclear lab
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s safety culture put under the microscope by Department of Energy
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NewsControversial pesticide ban temporarily lifted in UK
Two neonicotinoid pesticides permitted by the UK following Farmers Union application
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News
EU bans endocrine disruptor from textile imports
Activists celebrate ban on imported clothing containing nonylphenol ethoxylates after long campaign against them
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NewsFailure to allay public concerns hobbling UK fracking
More facts, data and technical assessments won’t soothe worries when people want greater public debate of risks and benefits
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BusinessChemical firms seek better grasp of biomanufacturing
The search is on for better alternatives to the ‘broken’ way companies harness compound-making organisms
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NewsUS chemical industry lobby group in the hot seat again
Union of Concerned Scientists calls for greater transparency in the political activities of American Chemistry Council and member companies
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NewsDespair and anger among Greek scientists at universities' finances
Little hope that billions of euros in new loans from the EU will improve the situation
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NewsTuition fees set to rise in wake of UK budget
Fees will track inflation at institutes that offer high quality teaching as chancellor unveils a number of changes to student support
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Funding changes worry Russian scientists
Fears voiced that changes to the way money is apportioned could lead to the closures of labs
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NewsUK 'legal highs' bill under fire from scientific community
Drug advisory body lays out laundry list of problems that could damage medical and scientific research
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Committee will pick Europe’s new scientific advisers
Three experts in science and EU policy will help choose the European commission’s panel of seven scientific advisors
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Business
Fracking prohibited in New York state and Lancashire
Local US and UK rulings prohibit shale oil drilling and exploration