All UK articles
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Treasury throws lifeline to scientists with EU funding
Promises to match European research funding secured before Brexit made by UK government
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Hinkley Point investor faces espionage charges
Nuclear firm allegedly obtained US information and expertise without government approval
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Union worries that jobs will be lost at NPL
Cuts could hit 9% of scientists at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory as research strategy shifts
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Hinkley Point plant beset by further delays
Government postpones final go-ahead at Hinkley Point in Somerset until the autumn
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Report takes aim at research assessment’s cost and distortions
Head of British Academy recommends more flexibility for the Research Excellence Framework to end ‘gaming’ of the exercise
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‘Nanotube chains’ may boost Olympic cycling success
Team GB is using a chain treatment that reportedly leads to significant power savings
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National Academies seek post-Brexit commitments
Seven leading scientific societies have published a joint statement of concern for the future of UK research and innovation
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Reshuffle sees Department for Energy and Climate Change scrapped
Universities and science are split across two departments but Jo Johnson remains in place as minister overseeing both
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Explainer: what will Brexit mean for science?
We make sense of what the referendum decision will mean for the country’s universities, researchers and students
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Royal Society appoints new foreign secretary
Chemist Richard Catlow will oversee the society’s international activities from November
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London mayor reveals plan to tackle pollution
Tough new measures include a £10 emissions charge in central London for the most polluting vehicles
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UK’s new nuclear plant may cost £37bn
Government estimate marks another price rise for delayed Hinkley Point project
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Brexit’s uncertain future leaves scientists reeling
Academics consider their future in UK in referendum’s wake amid reports of researchers being excluded from EU projects
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Hollywood may have shaped Iraq war chemical weapons intel
Claim that nerve agents were stored in glass beads bears resemblance to action film
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Uncertainty plagues UK’s future in European ‘big science’ projects
Although its short term future is secure, UK’s role in future projects is on shakier ground after Brexit vote
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Lords call for re-think on Innovate UK merger
Warning that industry funder would lose its business focus if placed within body overseeing research councils
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Dismay and uncertainty in scientific circles after UK votes to leave EU
Brexit vote prompts fears over freedom of movement and funding
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Scotland appoints new scientific adviser
Physicist Sheila Rowan will be the Scottish government’s first chief scientific adviser since December 2014
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Research
Waste not, want not?
Exclusive interview with Karen Wilson, research director at the European Bioenergy Research Institute
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Environment Agency to cut 13% of staff
Warnings that additional job losses will leave UK agency unable to oversee flood defences and nuclear power