All Government articles – Page 56
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US Senate creates chemistry caucus
A bipartisan chemistry caucus created in the House of Representatives last year has been expanded to the Senate
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Trump seeks immediate cuts for science agencies
White House plan would slash NIH by more $1 billion and NSF by $350 million over the coming months
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Spanish government promises U-turn on researcher contract downgrades
The cabinet will reverse changes that saw thousands of pre-doctoral research contracts effectively turned into internships
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MPs call for better science communication
Report raises concerns over mis-use of scientific evidence by government and the media
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Brexit trigger leaves UK science pondering future
Fears around funding, staff retention and students after article 50 triggered
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Business
Lilly loses arbitration over Canadian patents
Firm had sought recompense under the Nafta trade agreement
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Business
EU recommends withdrawing drugs approved on unreliable data
Indian firm Micro Therapeutic Research Labs accused of misrepresenting clinical data and documentation deficiencies
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Opposition mounts to Trump plan to close chemical safety agency
US chemistry groups join industry to warn against elimination of the Chemical Safety Board
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Opinion
Safety first with gene editing
Why Darpa is creating a biosafety and biosecurity toolkit for genome editors
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How to resist threats to science
Broader forms of activism are needed to protect evidence-based policy
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Huge cuts in Trump's 'skinny budget' would put science on starvation diet
The White House budget blueprint has rocked the US science community, targeting key research programmes for steep cuts and elimination
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Business
Industry weighs in on Nafta rewrite
Canadian, Mexican and US trade bodies united in call for more unified regulation in new trade deal
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‘Purge’ of academics follows failed Turkey coup as thousands fired
Supporters of the 4800 academics who have been dismissed say the move is to remove those critical of the president
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Australian Climate Institute to close
Funding shortfall means climate organisation will not run beyond June 2017
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Pesticide use ‘threatens human rights’, UN advisers say
Report for the UN Human Rights Council condemns agrochemical industry and calls for a treaty to phase out toxic pesticides
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Funding for 1000 new PhDs announced in UK budget
Chancellor also commits funding for technical education and disruptive technologies
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New Trump immigration order still a threat to US science
White House’s replacement ban no longer targets green card holders, but still remains problematic for US research universities
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Trump aims to boost number of women in Stem
US president signs two bills to increase proportion of women in science, technology, engineering and maths, and calls for ‘crackdown on offshoring’
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Opinion
Taking the nuclear option
If the UK is to leave Euratom then it needs to quickly take advice from the community
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BP research fund being put to good use in Gulf of Mexico
Nearly seven years after Deepwater Horizon, the independent research programme BP created is laying a good foundation for the future