All Asia articles – Page 18
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BusinessIndia bans 344 combination drugs
Manufacturers appeal to courts to allow continued sales of products the government deems risky
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BusinessSanction lift triggers investment in Iran
Ambitious state plans and openness to foreign companies could combine to revive Iran’s chemical industry
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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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OpinionRare earth magnates
China’s monopoly on production has a global impact, argues David Abraham
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NewsTurkish academics face repression after criticising government
Protests against Turkey’s military actions in Kurdish area spark arrests and harassment
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NewsResearch bureaucracy put in crosshairs by Chinese government
New policy offers scientists greater independence and control of how they spending funding
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NewsScientists call on Iran to free jailed chemist
Open letter signed by chemistry Nobel laureates claims professor’s imprisonment is unlawful
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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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NewsChina’s science enterprise challenging US leadership
40% of the world’s R&D is now carried out in south-east, south and east Asia
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BusinessGSK scientists indicted for trade secret theft
Two researchers accused of passing research data and manufacturing details to Chinese firm
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OpinionA farewell to chemical arms
As chemical weapons stockpiles dwindle, international efforts must guard against renewed arsenals, says Mark Peplow
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NewsDeadly accident sounds alarm for safety in Chinese labs
Postdoc’s death in university chemistry department reflects wider safety problems in academic research
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NewsSingapore to ramp up research investment with new five-year plan
Record 18% increase will see science spend rise to S$19 billion over 2016–2020
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NewsDestruction of Syria’s chemical weapons complete
Disposal of remaining weapon precursors in the US ends destruction of regime’s declared stockpile
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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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Business
Indian chemical factory accident kills four
Fatal explosion at private aluminium powder factory
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NewsNuclear deal to free Iranian scientists professionally but not politically
Agreement will see most sanctions lifted ending an embargo that has damaged the nation’s research programme and severed educational ties
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NewsChina’s first science Nobel prize exposes anxiety on research
Award raises doubts over competitive funding model that apes western science
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Business
Samsung to sell chemicals businesses to Lotte
Korean conglomerate Lotte will pay £1.7 billion for stake in Samsung’s chemicals businesses
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NewsChina launches nationwide emissions trading scheme
World’s two largest polluters, the US and China, agree further action to tackle climate change