All Government articles – Page 84
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White House appoints first chief data scientist
Industry veteran D J Patil, who formerly worked at the Pentagon, will take up the new post
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BusinessFertilising India's petrochemical industry
Rajesh Parishwad speaks to H N Ananth Kumar, India’s minister for chemicals and fertilisers
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OpinionIndian science at the crossroads
S Umapathy, from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, surveys the Indian scientific landscape
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BusinessIndian chemical investment
By setting aside regions for joined-up investment plans, India hopes to become a significant player in the global petrochemical market. Rajesh Parishwad investigates
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Science societies urge next UK government to invest more in research
National academies set out priorities to boost UK science after May’s general election
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NewsUS on track to phase out most long-chain perfluorinated chemicals this year
Discontinuation deadline likely to be met, with measures in place to prevent these chemicals re-entering the US market
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NewsUS to restart chemical weapon neutralisation
Remainder of US cold war chemical weapons set to be destroyed by 2023
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NewsReview plots path to face down antimicrobial resistance deaths
Billion dollar innovation fund called for to kick-start antimicrobial drug research in the UK
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NewsEurope mulls laws to tackle microplastic scourge
Move follows call by five EU states to ban microplastics in consumer care products
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NewsObama wants to boost R&D funding 6% in 2016
Chemistry funding through the National Science Foundation would grow 3% under new White House budget proposal
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Higher education funding boost confirmed for England
Universities will receive an additional £1 billion in the forthcoming financial year
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UK announces £40m fund for synthetic biology
The government has committed £40 million to set up new research centres and fund the development of synthetic DNA
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NewsBillion dollar package unveiled to fight antibiotic resistance
President Obama wants to almost double US funding to fight antibiotic resistant bacteria in 2016
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NewsFears for forensic quality in England and Wales
Audit reveals little data on services police purchase and a regulatory unable to enforce standards across the industry
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BPA use poses 'no health risks', says EU
A European Food Safety Authority evaluation has found the use of BPA in plastics does not cause harm
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CareersA new ERA for European science?
The European Research Area has made scientists more mobile, but the picture isn’t entirely rosy, finds Andy Extance
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OpinionThe big experiment
Plans to stop assessing school pupils’ practical work are the wrong solution to a genuine problem, says Mark Peplow
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NewsObama talks up research, announces personalised medicine initiative
US president proposes ‘precision medicine’ initiative in State of the Union speech
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News‘Research bank’ idea floated to support US science agencies
Establishment of a public–private bank mooted to smooth out fluctuations in America’s government support for research
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News€2.7bn research cuts to fund Europe's stimulus package unveiled
Big losers from Horizon 2020 science programme include Europe’s technology institute and the European Research Council