All articles by Ned Stafford – Page 3
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NewsMassive European science programme finalised
A total of €78.6 billion is up for grabs for researchers – both applied and blue skies – as well as R&D heavy businesses
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Major Australian research job cuts on the cards
CSIRO staff association claims 1400 people could lose their jobs
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NewsReport serves up food for thought for European agency
European Food Safety Agency rebuffs accusations of loopholes in rules governing conflicts of interest of its experts
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NewsGlobal treaty on mercury emissions signed
Ratification of the Minamata Convention may still take five years and some green groups are disappointed by its lack of ambition
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NewsNobel peace prize goes to body that aims to eliminate chemical weapons
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons wins prize after recent work destroying Syria’s chemical arsenal
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NewsGreek universities struggle in face of job cuts
Closures and strikes follow mass lay-offs of administrative staff
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NewsBattle over carbon tax looms
Australia’s new prime minister plans to abolish the country’s carbon tax, but that won’t be an easy task
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Figshare to offer institutional data platform
Universities can pay for a scientific repository that will hold all their research in one place and control whether it’s public or private
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NewsAustralia plans to scrap carbon tax early
A new emissions trading scheme would replace it, quickly linking up with the EU’s own pricing scheme for carbon dioxide
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NewsAnother pesticide linked to honeybee deaths
Fipronil manufacturer BASF disputes European food agency’s conclusion that chemical poses ‘acute risk’ to bees
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NewsEU struggles to fix faltering carbon trading scheme
Supporters of emissions market hopeful parliament will vote again on measure to bolster price of pollution
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NewsGermany, China create nanotech centre
Collaboration will look to marine animals for bio-inspired materials to treat conditions like osteoporosis
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NewsAntibiotic resistance is a ‘ticking time bomb’
Efforts to tackle the threat will need new thinking, but their may be no easy solutions or short cuts to new drugs
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NewsFukushima disaster predicted to raise cancer rates slightly
World Health Organization report expects cancer risk to rise marginally, but doesn’t put a figure on the number of deaths expected
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NewsGerman research minister’s doctoral thesis revoked in plagiarism row
University of Dusseldorf concludes that Annette Schavan copied large portions of her doctoral dissertation
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BusinessEU proposes neonicotinoid pesticide ban
Clothianidin, thiamethoxam and imidacloprid at centre of debate over declining bee populations
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EU food agency links pesticides to bee decline
Agency says neonicotinoids should only be used on crops bees avoid but agrichemical companies dispute its findings
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Top academics targeted in scheme to boost poorer European regions
The European commission’s pilot will provide funding of up to €2.4 million per post to attract the best researchers
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Tragic death of Oxford astrophysicist
Steven Rawlings, co-author of maths books for chemists, was accidentally killed by his friend and colleague, the coroner has ruled