All Government articles – Page 86
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OpinionIt's time to speak up for Europe
Researchers in the UK benefit enormously from their country’s membership of the EU. They need to say so, argues Mark Peplow
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NewsObama acts to attract non-US scientists and engineers
President takes action to make it easier for scientists and engineers born abroad to work and stay in the US
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NewsUS approves low acrylamide spud
The first genetically modified potato that produces less acrylamide has been granted approval in the US
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China poised to become top science spender
Budgetary pressures on EU, Japan and the US have positioned China to be the highest R&D funder by around 2019, OECD says
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NewsFeud opens up over value of some US research
Top science committee Republican in fight with university association over NSF grant review process
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NewsHopes Sino–US climate deal will spur global action in 2015
Historic agreement will see curbs on carbon dioxide and China push to reach peak emissions sooner
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NewsEuropean commission scraps chief scientific adviser post, dismaying scientists
Top scientists line up to express disappointment as advisory role is abolished after just three years
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BusinessRussian sanctions hurt chemical industry
Equipment imports and modernisation hampered by extra administrative burden
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Opinion
Public health is the bottom line
To safeguard society, regulators must be free from the influence of industry interests, says Martin Pigeon
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NewsSweden pushes for research to boost industry
New government see cooperation between science and industry as way to reindustrialise the country
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Opinion
Good science, bad science?
Paul Leonard is concerned by industry’s exclusion from policy panels – it’s the science that matters, not who pays for it
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NewsRepublican gains may spur US chemical rules reform
Industry groups suggest new Congress will clear the way for modernisation of 40-year-old legislation
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700 US troops report possible chemical agent exposure
Pentagon reveals hundreds of troops who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan may have been exposed to chemical weapons
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NewsUS states reject GM labelling laws
Oregon and Colorado vote against labelling genetically modified produce, after multimillion dollar campaigns by food companies
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NewsEmissions must hit zero by 2100, says IPCC
Latest climate report warns of severe global impacts unless carbon emissions are slashed
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NewsPlea for EU to act on GM from plant scientists
Open letter from top researchers decries politicisation of the approval process for genetically modified crops
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China's science academy launches new reform drive
Nation’s largest science body will be reshuffled amid government concerns over lack of research breakthroughs
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Next milestone in US HCFC phase out
Ozone-depleting refrigerants will be phased out by 2020 under new rules
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NewsFree legal help for embattled US scientists
Pro bono effort to defend government and university scientists from ‘harassment campaigns’ has been launched
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NewsResearch to make pathogens more dangerous halted
US agencies temporarily suspend funding certain ‘gain-of-function’ research until new government policy is in place