All Government articles – Page 71
-
OpinionAfter Tianjin
China’s appalling chemical safety record demands a global response, says Mark Peplow
-
News
Court rejects US approval of sulfoxaflor pesticide
Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of an insecticide that shares similarities with neonicotinoids revoked
-
NewsJailing of retired Iranian chemist linked to nuclear deal
Six year sentence on propaganda and activism charges believed to be result of support for nuclear negotiations that angered hardliners
-
News
Research bodies urge UK government to protect science funding
Nearly 200 organisations call to ‘cement the UK as a global leader in R&D’
-
NewsRussia to ramp up spending on military science
The Russian government will invest billions on military and defence R&D over the next three years
-
CareersA mile in their shoes
Nina Notman explores the options open to scientists looking to learn more about policymaking and the inner workings of government
-
News
Sandia contractor to pay $4.8m to settle illegal lobbying charges
Lockheed Martin subsidiary allegedly misappropriated public funds to lobby Congress for a contract extension
-
NewsChemists wage war on designer drugs
Analytical tools that could help stop the proliferation of new psychoactive substances are being discussed
-
NewsTie funding to lab safety, urges Sheri Sangji's sister
Funding from US research agencies should be linked to a PI’s safety record, says the sister of UCLA lab accident victim
-
NewsStorm clouds gather for UK science as government weighs cuts
Science campaign groups warn against radical cost-cutting and research council restructuring as spending review nears
-
NewsCuban and US chemists hopeful amid warming relations
Optimism reigns as researchers from the two nations discuss exchanges and collaboration
-
NewsRussia faces international scientific blockade
Sanctions hampering imports of research equipment and damaging country’s science base
-
NewsScotland moves to ban GM crops under EU law
Concerns expressed that decision to protect nation’s ‘clean, green status’ is not based on sound science
-
NewsObama's clean power plan stirs controversy
Carbon dioxide emissions from power plants to fall by 32% by 2030, but the legislation faces opposition from the chemical industry
-
Opinion
Living on credit
Greece should be wary of short-changing its universities to balance the budget or it could mortgage its future
-
NewsUS government science institute's one time police chief linked to campus meth lab
Explosion injuring a member of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s security force uncovered methamphetamine production
-
News
Switzerland R&D spending falls after Horizon 2020 cash freeze
Referendum vote to limit EU immigration has led to national research spending being cuts of 7%
-
NewsUS government uncovers safety failings at nuclear lab
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s safety culture put under the microscope by Department of Energy
-
OpinionDown to business
To make the economic case for research, scientists need to understand how commercialisation works, says Mark Peplow
-
News
EU bans endocrine disruptor from textile imports
Activists celebrate ban on imported clothing containing nonylphenol ethoxylates after long campaign against them