All articles by Maria Burke – Page 9
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Can research quality be predicted by metrics?
Prognostications unveiled for how UK universities will fare in latest assessment exercise
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Ebola vaccine passes first safety hurdle
Researchers hope to begin larger trials of its effectiveness in west Africa soon
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Emissions must hit zero by 2100, says IPCC
Latest climate report warns of severe global impacts unless carbon emissions are slashed
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Science roadmap for next parliament unveiled
UK Campaign for Science and Engineering wants funding to match US levels and VAT exemptions for R&D
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Experimental Ebola drug 'impressive' in animal trials
All primates given ZMapp are cured of Ebola but the drug is still a long way from approval in humans
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Doctors turn to experimental Ebola treatments
Drugs and vaccines untested in humans are being trialled on Ebola patients
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Spending on UK science and engineering continues to fall
Science campaign groups worry that the country’s research base is slowly being run down
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Renewed focus on dementia checked by drug challenges
‘Ticking time bomb’ of global neurodegenerative disease burden will be difficult to defuse
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Pledge to create 2000 new STEM posts
UK government teams up with industry as part of campaign to inspire young people to take up science and engineering
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Public money for science pays off
Every £1 the UK government puts into R&D boosts private sector research by 20p per year in perpetuity
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Latest climate report sees a bigger role for adaptation
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says the world faces serious challenges and must embrace bold solutions
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UK government urged to cash in on waste
Lords’ committee says more waste should be converted into high-value products
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Chemists call for conference boycott over all men shortlist
Petition protests gender discrimination at major theoretical chemistry congress
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Science cash preserved by UK government
The higher education sector faces cuts but science and research is to be spared
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Commons’ report echoes past messages on women in science
Problems identified long ago still dog UK efforts to increase women’s participation in research
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Funding sharing model would see grant proposals ditched
US researchers claim their system to distribute research money would be cheaper, quicker and fund riskier science
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Scientific data disappearing at alarming rate
Canadian researchers find that the chances of a data set being of any use to science falls by 17% a year
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UK overtakes US on research quality metric
Report shows UK continues to punch above its weight in science but funding remains a worry
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Compromise puts Israel on course to join Europe's science programme
EU and Israel agree to disagree over settlements but money will not be going to organisations beyond the Green Line
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Going for gold comes with cost
Parliamentary report concludes that the UK’s focus on gold open access may eat into research budgets