All articles by Ned Stafford
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BusinessCall for overhaul of EU rules on GMO clinical trial
Rules designed around genetically modified plants crops are holding back new cell and gene-based medicines
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NewsCrackdown on science fraud in China after string of scandals
More than 500 researchers punished after latest fiasco as government launches ethics code of conduct
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NewsMillions of 'bad eggs' recalled in contamination scandal
Investigations into how chicken eggs across Europe came to contain fipronil are still ongoing
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NewsGerman universities take on Elsevier
Consortium seeks country-wide licence for journals at reduced prices
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NewsScientists fight back against Romanian reforms
Plans will exclude foreign and overseas academics from research assessments
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NewsIndia still outside chemistry's ‘big league’
Analysis finds China is leaving India behind when it comes to papers in top chemistry journals
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NewsResearchers protest law that attacks Hungary’s Central European University
Legislation that has been rushed through parliament could see the US-owned university closed
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NewsBritish scientists in EU expect little career upheaval from Brexit
UK citizens working in universities across the EU expect to be able to continue in place with minimal fuss
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NewsAudit reveals ‘Europe’s MIT’ mired in problems
European Institute of Innovation and Technology troubled since its inception seven years ago
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NewsDecadal plan to boost Australian chemistry
Commercial opportunities to take centre stage in a country that has historically failed to capitalise on its strong research base
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NewsScience a priority for Indian government in latest budget
Rising funding for research includes a plan to turn 20 institutes into India’s Ivy League
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NewsHuge publishing scandal engulfs South Korean universities
Academics in many disciplines republished textbooks to pad CVs and line their pockets
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NewsIndia maintains scientific edge despite static funding
Historic love affair with chemistry keeps country’s science healthy
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NewsGM food and feed law falters in EU parliament
Proposal would have allowed individual member states to ban the sale of genetically modified organisms
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NewsFalling Horizon success rates worry research community
Success rates for European research programme drop to 14% as private industry takes larger share of squeezed pot
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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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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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NewsScientists hail partial victory on efforts to block cuts to European research programme
Provisional compromise between EU politicians sees Horizon 2020 cut by €500m less than originally announced
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NewsUN sets its sights on marine microplastics
Scale of the problem means no simple solutions exist to tackle plastic particles already in the world’s oceans
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European parliament refuses to back diversion of research cash
Committees tell President Jean-Claude Juncker to think again on funding for stimulus package