All articles by Maria Burke – Page 10
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NewsPledge to create 2000 new STEM posts
UK government teams up with industry as part of campaign to inspire young people to take up science and engineering
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NewsPublic money for science pays off
Every £1 the UK government puts into R&D boosts private sector research by 20p per year in perpetuity
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NewsLatest climate report sees a bigger role for adaptation
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says the world faces serious challenges and must embrace bold solutions
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NewsUK government urged to cash in on waste
Lords’ committee says more waste should be converted into high-value products
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Chemists call for conference boycott over all men shortlist
Petition protests gender discrimination at major theoretical chemistry congress
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NewsScience cash preserved by UK government
The higher education sector faces cuts but science and research is to be spared
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NewsCommons’ report echoes past messages on women in science
Problems identified long ago still dog UK efforts to increase women’s participation in research
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Funding sharing model would see grant proposals ditched
US researchers claim their system to distribute research money would be cheaper, quicker and fund riskier science
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NewsScientific data disappearing at alarming rate
Canadian researchers find that the chances of a data set being of any use to science falls by 17% a year
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NewsUK overtakes US on research quality metric
Report shows UK continues to punch above its weight in science but funding remains a worry
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NewsCompromise puts Israel on course to join Europe's science programme
EU and Israel agree to disagree over settlements but money will not be going to organisations beyond the Green Line
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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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NewsExecution drug cannot be imported into US
Court rules that the Food and Drug Administration acted unlawfully allowing sodium thiopental into the country
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Forensic science service closure criticised
UK science and technology committee warns that crimes may go unsolved thanks to underfunding and outdated technology
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NewsScience ‘ecosystem’ needs diversity to flourish
Study concludes that more, smaller grants have a greater impact than fewer, bigger ones
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News'Scientific censorship' hamstringing psychoactive drug research
New treatments for psychological disorders are being held back by government controls on recreational drugs
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News'Legal high' production gathers pace
New report highlights rapid growth in designer drugs fuelling fears that they could cause many deaths
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NewsFinishing line in sight for libel reform
After travelling a rocky road, the libel reform bill is set to enter English law and will provide more protection for journalists and scientists
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NewsMPs call for a bridge over ‘valley of death’
Small businesses are being let down by the UK government and new models of financial support are urgently needed
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Business
GSK commits to AllTrials data disclosure
Company will begin publishing all clinical study reports