All United Kingdom articles – Page 10
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NewsLittle has changed in UK drug policy a decade on from sacking of David Nutt
Claims of political interference and exclusion of experts still dog advisory drug council
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NewsQueen’s speech reveals new research agency planned for UK
Government plans transformative research body based on US’s Arpa to deliver new technologies
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ResearchBronze age tin from Israeli shipwrecks was mined in Britain
Isotope analysis matches metal to mines in Devon and Cornwall suggesting ancient trade route existed
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NewsHead of UK’s overarching research body to step down
Mark Walport, who led the creation of UK Research and Innvoation, will retire in 2020
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NewsFourth UK science minister appointed in just two years as Chris Skidmore returns
Post has been hit by resignations over handling of Brexit
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NewsResearch would be a ‘casualty’ if English higher education review acted on, Lords warn
Many other areas could suffer too including student lab practicals and infrastructure maintenance
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NewsImmigration reforms unveiled to attract leading scientists to the UK
Long-awaited changes welcomed but the spectre of a no-deal Brexit has the science community on edge
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PodcastCyclopropane
Chemistry’s tastiest bonds for an explosive anaesthetic that was as useful as it was dangerous
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NewsUK government announces £91 million increase for university research funding
Half of the money will go to universities rather than specific projects
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OpinionDoes the higher education review augur well for universities?
Political winds are buffeting higher education once more
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News‘Build a bold vision for UK research,’ scientists urge next prime minister
Academies, charities and universities unite in appeal to Conservative leadership hopefuls to invest in science
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Podcast2C psychedelics
A class of hallucinogenic phenethylamines, explored by the 'godfather of psychedelics' Alexander Shulgin and sadly implicated in a tragedy at a 2017 music festival
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NewsSwitching UK’s gas network to hydrogen perfectly possible, report finds
Repurposing the natural gas network would cut out country’s biggest source of carbon emissions
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NewsMissing out on €100bn EU fund after Brexit would be ‘major blow to British science’
UK needs to secure access to Europe’s multi-million-pound research fund as soon as possible, according to Nobel laureate Paul Nurse
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News£1.8bn funding gap in higher education review a nasty surprise for English universities
Recommendation to cut tuition fees could leave science departments struggling
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OpinionThe crowdsourced analysis hoping to go viral
Crowdsourcing image analysis to better understand how viruses multiply inside cells
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NewsZero-emissions economy is both feasible and affordable for the UK
Committee on Climate Change backs low carbon target for 2050
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NewsHow do you scrap a nuclear submarine?
The UK is facing a £7.5 billion bill to dismantle its 20 defunct vessels