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Chemistry World
March 9, 2010
Rebecca Trager |
Mixed reviews for Canada's science budget Canada's new science budget has elicited a mixed reaction from the research and higher education communities since being unveiled on 4 March.   |
Chemistry World
March 9, 2010
Anna Lewcock |
Fund science or risk economic downfall Leading researchers and former science ministers have today warned the UK government it risks 'throwing away' years of investment unless the UK keeps pace with science funding levels in other countries. |
Chemistry World
March 3, 2010
Sarah Houlton |
UK must avoid 'neglected decline' in research Investment in science should be a government priority and PhD programs should last four years, according to a report from the UK's Council for Science and Technology. |
Chemistry World
March 2010
Richard Catlow |
The Royal Institution: two centuries of impact The author, a former director of research at the Royal Institution, tells us why it's important to remember the key role the RI has played throughout the history of science |
Chemistry World
March 2010 |
How good is research? As universities face increasing competition for the best minds of tomorrow and financial resources become scarce, reliable indicators for research performance have become indispensable for decision-makers in science and technology. |
Chemistry World
February 22, 2010
Anna Lewcock |
Funding cuts will 'damage a generation' of science Cutting research budgets will harm science for an entire generation, the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science said. The Royal Society of Chemistry, one of the many who have voiced their outrage at the cuts to UK science funding, shares this view. |
Chemistry World
February 19, 2010
Rebecca Trager |
EPA's new research chief installed after long delay Paul Anastas, a Yale University chemist who is considered to be the father of the green chemistry movement, is now in charge of EPA's Office of Research and Development and the nearly 2,000 scientists who work there. |
Chemistry World
February 17, 2010
Sarah Houlton |
Europe's new research commissioner sworn in Career politician Maire Geoghegan-Quinn trained as a teacher, and will now be responsible for driving the EU's science agenda. |
Chemistry World
February 15, 2010
Ned Stafford |
Profile: The future of French science Alain Fuchs, the chemist and newly installed president of France's National Centre for Scientific Research, admits he has one major concern about his new role. |
Chemistry World
February 11, 2010
Anna Lewcock |
Science advice rules could do more harm than good Eminent UK scientists have raised concerns that recent moves to ensure the independence of scientific advice in government may in fact further threaten the relationship between the two communities. |
HHMI Bulletin
Feb 2010
Robert Tjian |
Beyond Our Borders Ray Wu. Gifted scientist, mentor, advocate, and friend, he was all of these and more to several generations of researchers across the United States and China. |
Chemistry World
February 2, 2010
Anna Lewcock |
Budget cuts hit university teaching University teaching is bearing the brunt of cuts to higher education funding, while science has been afforded a degree of protection, according to the latest figures announced by the Higher Education Funding Council for England |
Chemistry World
February 2, 2010
Rebecca Trager |
Science shines in Obama's budget proposal US science agencies would fare quite well under President Obama's newly unveiled budget proposal for fiscal year 2011, despite his plan to reduce the nation's trillion-dollar deficit by freezing non-defence discretionary spending. |
Chemistry World
February 2, 2010
Ned Stafford |
Russian science losing its edge Research in Russia, considered a scientific powerhouse during the cold war years, has faded in global importance since the break-up of the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s and now is lagging behind China and India. |
Chemistry World
February 2010 |
Column: In the pipeline Fraudulent scientific results can terrorise a company's patent claims. Chemical patents have (especially among academic researchers) a reputation for unreliability and deliberate obscurity. |
Chemistry World
January 26, 2010 |
The Royal Institution: two centuries of impact Richard Catlow, former director of research at the Royal Institution, tells us why it's important to remember the key role the RI has played throughout the history of science and the cutting edge research it continues to foster. |
Chemistry World
January 25, 2010
Rebecca Trager |
US science lead slips The US appears to be losing its global lead in science and technology according to data released by the US National Science Foundation. |
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