All articles by Patrick Walter – Page 8
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Graphene hits the funding jackpot
Consortium seeking European funding to investigate the material wins €1 billion in emerging technologies competition
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NewsCampaign to save Royal Institution's London home
Scientists and the public rally to stop the sale of the building that housed Davy’s and Faraday’s labs after charity runs into financial difficulties
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NewsUS EPA head to step down
Lisa Jackson, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, is expected to leave her post later this month
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RSC acquires rights to Merck Index
The society plans to expand the online presence of ‘chemistry’s constant companion’
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Autumn statement science boost to offset cuts
Extra £600 million announced for research infrastructure
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NewsArafat exhumed in poisoning probe
An international team of scientists are taking samples from the former Palestinian leader’s body to try to discover what killed him
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NewsBritish Antarctic Survey merger binned
Cost saving plans are scrapped after outcry by politicians and scientists
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BusinessSlump in confidence hits EU chemical industry
Latest figures show that production for the first seven months of this year will be down 2.4% on the same time last year
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NewsForensic lab error led to miscarriage of justice
Man held on rape charge for five months after contamination of DNA samples
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FDA green lights new obesity drug
Agency approval for prescription only obesity drug is first for 13 years
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Roche cuts 1000 jobs with US R&D site closure
Streamlining strategy will see oncology and virology research moved to Switzerland and Germany
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The death of UK science?
Campaign group launches with PR stunt to highlight perceived failings at physical sciences research council
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Science's role in a sustainable economy
There are no sustainability ‘silver bullets’ and science will have to work within social and economic frameworks to change the world, a new report claims
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Non-animal testing
L’Oréal has joined the US EPA to help develop alternatives to animal toxicity tests
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Controversial physical sciences shaping comes to a close
The UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has finished its research funding assessment programme
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Controversial physical sciences shaping strategy comes to a close
For better or worse, the main UK physical sciences funding body has finished deciding which areas of science will see their funding grow and which will shrink
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Cutbacks threaten Lords' oversight of UK science
Cost saving measures could see inquiries by the Lords science and technology select committee halved
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Cutbacks threaten Lords' oversight of UK science
The number of inquiries carried out by the House of Lords science and technology select committee could be drastically reduced
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Nanocellulose has paper potential
Material would cut the carbon footprint of paper substantially - by 15% or more, the researchers say