All articles by Patrick Walter – Page 8
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Slump in confidence hits EU chemical industry
Latest figures show that production for the first seven months of this year will be down 2.4% on the same time last year
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Forensic lab error led to miscarriage of justice
Man held on rape charge for five months after contamination of DNA samples
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FDA green lights new obesity drug
Agency approval for prescription only obesity drug is first for 13 years
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Business
Roche cuts 1000 jobs with US R&D site closure
Streamlining strategy will see oncology and virology research moved to Switzerland and Germany
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The death of UK science?
Campaign group launches with PR stunt to highlight perceived failings at physical sciences research council
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Science's role in a sustainable economy
There are no sustainability ‘silver bullets’ and science will have to work within social and economic frameworks to change the world, a new report claims
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Non-animal testing
L’Oréal has joined the US EPA to help develop alternatives to animal toxicity tests
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Controversial physical sciences shaping comes to a close
The UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has finished its research funding assessment programme
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Controversial physical sciences shaping strategy comes to a close
For better or worse, the main UK physical sciences funding body has finished deciding which areas of science will see their funding grow and which will shrink
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Cutbacks threaten Lords' oversight of UK science
Cost saving measures could see inquiries by the Lords science and technology select committee halved
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Cutbacks threaten Lords' oversight of UK science
The number of inquiries carried out by the House of Lords science and technology select committee could be drastically reduced
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Business
Nanocellulose has paper potential
Material would cut the carbon footprint of paper substantially - by 15% or more, the researchers say
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News
Cyclotron remedy for imaging isotope shortages
Medical isotope shortages could be a thing of the past as a breakthrough will allow hospitals to make their own
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Fracking water pollution overstated
US researchers determine that groundwater contamination at fracking sites is the result of poor waste management and not the fracking process
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NERC asks institutes to weed out poor grants
Research council plans to improve grant success rates by getting universities to screen out 'uncompetitive' proposals
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Shell shutters UK R&D site
Fuels and additives technology centre to close in 2014 with research being moved to overseas sites
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UK government proposes science universities
New type of university would receive no public money with funding to come from businesses
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Autumn windfall for UK science and industry
Measures to stimulate innovation and R&D are broadly welcomed by industry and science
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UK government pulls the plug on CCS plant
The UK's first large scale carbon capture and storage scheme has been binned with the government blaming technical problems