All articles by Ned Stafford – Page 4
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NewsScientists come together to fight EU budget cuts
Open letters from heads of research organisations and 44 Nobel laureates make the case for the economic importance of science
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Questions remain after huge hydrofluoric acid leak
Korean residents in the affected zone are still afraid to return home six weeks after the disaster that killed five workers
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EU food agency criticises GM maize cancer paper
A review of a paper linking herbicide tolerant maize to tumours in rats has been castigated as poor science
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NewsReview of GM cancer scare paper
Preliminary results will be reported next week after review of the controversial paper
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NewsScientists: workaholics but happy
A study of the patterns of journal paper downloads shows scientists work through the night and at weekends
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NewsBleak outlook for Greek chemistry
Greece’s financial troubles have already caused severe damage to academia and the chemical sciences
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News€224 million EU antibiotics initiative launched
The project will bring together the pharmaceutical industry and academia, but some institutes have reservations
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Quake-hit Japanese universities move on
One year after the devastation of the earthquake and tsunami things are slowly starting to return to normal
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Quake-hit Japanese universities move on
Among the universities damaged by the earthquake, by far the hardest hit was Tohoku University
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Austrian institute hits the funding big time
The IST Austria is set to receive one billion euros in funding prompting some complaints of government favouritism
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Europe plans large cash injection for research
The successor to the FP7 programme will put 80 billion euros into research over the next seven years
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Cuts threaten autonomy at EU universities
A new report says that funding cuts are having a damaging impact on university freedoms
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Universities around the world prepare to welcome an influx of Brazilian students
Brazil plans to boost scientific knowhow by sending 75,000 students abroad to study
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One year on from Hungary's red mud disaster
On the first anniversary of the country's worst environmental accident the area has recovered surprisingly quickly
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Turkish science academy fights government interference
Academics will meet with the Turkish president to try to halt controversial government reforms
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Analytical techniques help uncover huge art forgery ring
Science will take centre stage in art forgery court case starting in Germany
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NewsEuropean research funding rises 9 per cent to €7 billion
New materials, health and energy are some of the biggest beneficiaries in the latest European funding round
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Commission task force recommends shake up of ERC
Analysis concludes that the European Research Council needs to change its management structure to improve its efficiency
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German science receives a 10% boost in funding
Germany's budget proposals includes extra funding to turn the country into a world leader in high-tech fields
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EU considers 'professional' card for migrants
Legislators in Europe are trying to simplify the movement of professionals between EU states