All Policy articles – Page 30
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NewsWHO cancer agency criticised for outdated chemical risk methods
Criticism of carcinogenicity assessments that place processed meat in the same category as mustard gas
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NewsUK scientists demand changes to higher education bill
Science groups claims legislation will undermine universities’ independence
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NewsBrazilian science faces ‘imminent catastrophe’
A constitutional amendment advancing through Brazil’s Congress seriously threatens the nation’s scientific enterprise, experts warn
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NewsProspect of ‘hard’ Brexit unnerves British scientists
Fears for funding, students and recruitment of star talent
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NewsExplainer: Are ‘flushable’ wet wipes really flushable?
Water companies are calling for all wipes to be classified as unflushable until an international standard is agreed
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NewsCongress probes NIH backing of cancer agency
US congressional panel investigates why NIH funds IARC, questioning the agency’s process for classifying substances as carcinogenic
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NewsNations agree hydrofluorocarbon climate deal
Montreal Protocol amendment ‘single most important step to limit warming’
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NewsUS urged to address helium cost increases
Scientific societies are calling on the US government to safeguard researcher access to affordable liquid helium
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OpinionHow renewable energy subsidies stopped being a hot topic
Once a key issue in US politics, solar, wind and corn ethanol subsidies have been victims of their own success
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NewsCanada to finalise carbon tax in just two months time
Prime minister announces nationwide carbon pricing will start in 2018 at C$10 per tonne
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OpinionWill US politics Trump science?
As America seeks a new president, science hangs in the balance
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NewsPolitical push for open access in Germany
Research and education ministry strategy calls on academics receiving funding to back free to access publication routes
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NewsThe chemistry of a US presidency
Election season sees a chemical industry unenthusiastic about either candidate, and a research community overwhelmingly backing the Democratic nominee
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NewsForensic plan for the UK is ‘vague, incomplete’
MPs tell the government to go back to the drawing board on forensic strategy
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NewsGlyphosate ‘not likely’ to be carcinogenic
US environmental agency issues finding that the herbicide is unlikely to cause cancer, months after accidentally posting report online
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OpinionLetters: your Brexit views
Join the debate on how Brexit will affect science in the UK and beyond
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OpinionThe G20 have set out the future for innovation – we must hold them to it
The latest summit unveiled a blueprint showing world leaders take science seriously
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NewsUK gives go-ahead for new nuclear plants
Hinkley Point project can proceed but financial safeguards will be enforced on investors