All Government articles – Page 76
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NewsUK 'legal highs' bill under fire from scientific community
Drug advisory body lays out laundry list of problems that could damage medical and scientific research
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Committee will pick Europe’s new scientific advisers
Three experts in science and EU policy will help choose the European commission’s panel of seven scientific advisors
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Fracking prohibited in New York state and Lancashire
Local US and UK rulings prohibit shale oil drilling and exploration
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NewsEU science chief sets out proposals to boost innovation and research integrity
Carlos Moedas wants to set up an Innovation Council and an initiative to tackle misconduct in Europe
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NewsBan proposed on recruitment of Russian talent to reverse brain drain
Legislation to prevent overseas ‘talent scouts’ from operating in the country has backing at the highest levels
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Chemical reform bill advances in US Congress
Bipartisan legislation to finally overhaul the Toxic Substances Control Act has overwhelmingly passed the House and soon heads to the Senate
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NIH plan to get drug development unit back online
The US National Institutes of Health to address deficiencies in unit that makes drugs for research studies
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NewsAustria to sue EU over UK nuclear aid
Claims that subsidies damage renewables’ prospects likely to delay new nuclear in the UK by at least another two years
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US may have tested mustard gas on troops by race
Pentagon accused of race-based chemical weapons experiments on US troops during second world war
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OpinionEurope's science advice, redux
Will a new expert panel be any more effective than a chief science adviser, wonders Mark Peplow
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Political bickering may block key US environmental appointments
Republicans threaten to hold up confirmation of new science head for Environmental Protection Agency
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ResearchRegulators have drug firms chasing phantom impurity
Mutagenic contaminants that supposedly form in sulfonic acid salts are highly unlikely to arise
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US spends billions annually on unreproducible preclinical research
Study estimates $28 billion spent yearly on preclinical research that can’t be replicated
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NewsSecurity experts warn chemical plants are vulnerable to cyber-attacks
Action is needed to protect chemical plants and other infrastructure from hackers
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NIH drug manufacturing unit shut down
The US National Institutes of Health suspends operations at its pharmaceutical development section after FDA inspectors uncover serious manufacturing issues
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NewsWarnings that proposed UK blanket ban on 'legal highs' casts net too wide
Experts concerned by vague definitions and effect on neuroscience research
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Call to embed science in US foreign policy
National Research Council tells US to take science and technology more seriously on the diplomatic stage
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NewsBiosafety blunder as US sends live anthrax to labs around world
Key government committee demands answers after Department of Defense inadvertently sends out live pathogen
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NewsNIH-funded principal investigators fell sharply in 2010
New analysis finds PIs funded by US National Institutes of Health grew steadily from 1985 to around 2010, but has since dropped steeply