All Government articles – Page 42
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NewsShelved nuclear power plans leave UK government's energy policy in hot water
Nuclear plant pull-outs bring energy finance models under the spotlight
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NewsUS agencies address foreign recruitment threats
Amid calls to protect the IP of American research universities and labs, US Department of Energy clamps down on foreign recruitment efforts
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NewsWhite House science adviser's first speech leaves scientists with questions
Kelvin Droegemeier used his first public address to laud the Trump administration’s achievements but dodged a Q&A session with the audience
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NewsSmall research teams more likely to deliver disruptive results
Both large and small teams are needed to keep the scientific ecosystem healthy, study finds
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News‘No deal’ Brexit would leave UK without environmental watchdog for two years
Environment, energy and health among areas where nation could be caught short, thinktank warns
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NewsFlorida city bans sunscreens with chemicals thought to harm coral
Popular tourist destination Key West joins Hawaii and Palau in prohibiting sale of suntan lotions with oxybenzone and octinoxate
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NewsForensic chemist’s sacking raises questions about US drug convictions
Firing of North Carolina police chemist prompts review of criminal drug cases from the past three-and-a-half years
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NewsUK government announces funding plans for PhD training centres
The number of CDTs funded in the UK will decrease from 115 to 75
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NewsEffects of US government shutdown reverberate through science community
National Science Foundation faced funding requests totalling $220 million on the day it reopened
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BusinessUS government sued for delaying dichloromethane paint stripper ban
Environmental Protection Agency advances long-awaited ban on consumer products, but allows commercial use to continue
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NewsBiomass carbon capture pilot points to a new sector whose time has come
Drax project is first of a raft of schemes poised to come online in the UK
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NewsBig costs, no benefits to UK’s replacement for EU chemical regulation
Industry warns small volume chemicals could no longer be sold in the UK
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BusinessUK government sets out antimicrobial resistance plan
Aims to cut antibiotic use and explore financial incentives for pharmaceutical companies
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NewsAs government shutdown drags on US researchers find themselves caught in the crossfire
As the shutdown enters its second month many scientists have been left struggling to pay the rent or childcare as research projects flounder
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PodcastCacodyl
It made Robert Bunsen seriously ill, Michael Faraday thought it 'barbaric' to use in battle and even Fritz Haber – the 'father of chemical warfare' – abandoned it after a fatal accident in his lab. This week, Mike Freemantle tells the story of tetramethyldiarsine, otherwise known as cacodyl.
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OpinionThinking differently about waste
Plastic and carbon emissions are valuable resources we can’t afford to discard
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NewsRogue Chinese scientist to be punished for creation of first gene-edited humans
Investigation uncovers forged ethical approval documents
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NewsRejection of Brexit deal causes alarm across science community
Fears that UK could sleepwalk into a ‘no deal’ EU exit damaging research funding and collaboration
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NewsMore than half of EU scientists are thinking of leaving Brexit UK
UK science and engineering trade union survey finds 66% of its European members have considered leaving the country
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NewsChemist’s rescue mission saved doctoral student trapped in Isis war zone
Lund University analytical chemistry professor hired mercenaries to free her PhD student and his family from Islamic State territory