All Government articles – Page 88
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Spanish science’s sustainability still in doubt, despite increased funding
Budget leaves scientists disappointed as the country’s research programme struggles to right itself
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NewsUS government shutdown hits science, chemical industry
Agency closures caused by political impasse on Capitol Hill sees scientists sent home and industry irritated
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NewsPoland gets serious on plagiarism
Government plans scheme to check all theses submitted since September 2005
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NewsOak Ridge lab plans voluntary layoffs for 10% of workers
Budgetary pressure leads to offer of voluntary separation packages to as many as 475 of its 4500 employees
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NewsGreek universities struggle in face of job cuts
Closures and strikes follow mass lay-offs of administrative staff
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Senate bill aims to soothe helium market
US government looks to continue the sell off its helium stockpile but price rises may cost research dear
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Syria’s decision to join Chemical Weapons Convention welcomed
Tests confirm sarin was used in the conflict, questions remain regarding how stockpiles will be destroyed.
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NewsCanadians rally for science
Cuts to Canada’s S&T programmes and concerns about restrictions on government scientists spark pro-science protests
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NewsDuma to review Russian Academy of Sciences reform
Scientists in Russia have united in efforts to block and revise controversial reforms of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Business
GSK criticised for trial data secrecy
Italian research institute abandons collaboration over data access
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NewsBattle over carbon tax looms
Australia’s new prime minister plans to abolish the country’s carbon tax, but that won’t be an easy task
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Business
UK objects to pesticide ban in gardens
Government disagrees with EU neonicotinoid moratorium, but will implement it
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NewsGoing for gold comes with cost
Parliamentary report concludes that the UK’s focus on gold open access may eat into research budgets
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NewsAnother drug suspension overturned in India
Safety concerns put sales of antidepressant Deanxit on ice until firms petitioned a high court
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NewsFunding woes lead US scientists to consider moving overseas
Survey finds almost 20% of respondents contemplating going abroad, but the findings are criticised as unscientific
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NewsUS not accurately tracking serious chemical accidents
Even America’s best chemical incident data is only 10% accurate, a Dallas Morning News investigation has found
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Business
Syngenta takes legal action over pesticide ban
Company claims that the European commission’s two-year moratorium on neonicotinoids to protect bees was wrong
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Business
Couple charged in GSK corruption investigation
Two private investigators have been charged with breaching the privacy rights of Chinese citizens
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NewsLatvian scientists look for the exit as funding situation worsens
Austerity measures have seen research cash fall to half the levels of 2008 in the Baltic state