All Europe articles – Page 39
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European parliament supports plastic bag crackdown
Under new EU rules member states will have to ban or restrict the use of lightweight plastic bags
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Opinion
Flexible, faster formulation
The chemical using industries remain central to UK economic recovery, explains Simon Rushworth
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UK ordered to clean up NO2 pollution immediately
Government must come up with a new plan to tackle illegal pollution by the end of the year
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European parliament refuses to back diversion of research cash
Committees tell President Jean-Claude Juncker to think again on funding for stimulus package
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Ukraine to slash science budget
Massive research funding cuts are planned in a bid to boost defence spending
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Science remains a peripheral issue in the UK election
As one of the most unpredictable votes in living memory approaches little separates the main parties on research
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Future of GM in Germany hangs in the balance
German science academy speaks out in favour of GM crops as debate begins on whether to ban them
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Metrics failed to predict REF outcomes
Predictions based on numerical measures of research quality were ‘wildly innacurate’, say mathematicians
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Fears UK government scientists could be gagged by new rules
Civil service code changes mean government employees need ministerial permission to speak to the press
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Time spent assessing research impact was worthwhile
Report claims wider impact of academic work was fairly determined for UK’s Research Excellence Framework
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Spending targets for German R&D lack ambition
Expert commission says Germany can do better than goal of investing 3% of GDP on R&D by 2015
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UK budget science cash given cautious welcome
Government announces new money for research, but scientists say more needs to be done
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State of Europe’s environment scrutinised
European Environment Agency voices environmental concerns, but says progress has been made
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Royal Society to address gender imbalance
Society will encourage more women to apply for awards after ‘unacceptable’ success rate in 2014
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Forgotten synthetic PhD theses set to be given new lease of life
Chemical structures will be harvested from graduate work and analysed for promising drug and materials leads
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‘Pee power’ urinal trialled on university campus
Microbial fuel cells that run on urine could be used to light toilet blocks in refugee camps
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Traits not technology should govern EU GM laws, MPs say
UK science and technology committee says European rules are flawed and need changing
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Nobel laureates warn on European science funding cuts
Cuts to fund investment scheme send message Europe ‘is not the place to do high level science’
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Science societies urge next UK government to invest more in research
National academies set out priorities to boost UK science after May’s general election