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Chemistry World
April 12, 2006
Katharine Sanderson |
Nuclear Power to Save the Planet The UK's chief scientific adviser, David King, has reiterated his support for nuclear power. King supports the rebuilding of decommissioned nuclear power plants in the UK to reduce dependence on fossil fuels in the next 15 years.   |
Chemistry World
July 6, 2015
Emma Stoye |
Committee will pick Europe's new scientific advisers The European commission has appointed the UK's Sir David King, Portugal's Antonio Vitorino and Rianne Letschert from the Netherlands as the 'identification committee' who will help set up its new network of scientific advisers. |
Chemistry World
April 2011 |
Editorial: Good Advice What the general public needs is access to sound scientific advice. |
Chemistry World
June 28, 2012
Laura Howes |
New chief scientific adviser announced Mark Walport, immunologist and director of the Wellcome Trust since 2003, has been named as the UK government's next chief scientific adviser. |
Chemistry World
July 26, 2011
Maria Burke |
BBC Science is 'High Quality' But Has Weaknesses An independent review of the BBC's coverage of science has found it to be 'high quality' and 'accurate'. But it also identifies a number of weaknesses, including providing a platform for marginal opinions with little scientific merit. |
Chemistry World
September 23, 2010
Anna Lewcock |
UK faces scientific exodus The UK faces a 'significant' risk of researchers abandoning its shores and long-term damage to the science base if proposed funding cuts go ahead |
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
April 2010
Bibiana Campos Seijo |
Editorial: Election science Science is very much on the agenda in the UK, with many a report being launched during the last month. |
Chemistry World
October 2008
Ananyo Bhattacharya |
Editorial: Physics envy UK government's former chief scientific adviser, surface chemist David King, questioned whether the hunt for the Higgs boson should be a priority for a planet facing potentially catastrophic climate change |
Chemistry World
January 2012 |
A new year and a new dawn As the International Year of Chemistry drew to a close last year, we were delighted to see the future of chemistry in the UK being bolstered with two universities planning to reopen their chemistry departments |
Chemistry World
November 10, 2015
Anthony King |
Europe picks its panel of seven scientific advisers The scientific advice mechanism is charged with offering independent scientific advice to the commission and replaces the post of chief scientific adviser. |
Chemistry World
February 25, 2010
Anna Lewcock |
Government Heeds Concerns on Science Advice Rules The UK science minister has indicated that the scientific community's concerns over guidelines regarding scientific advice in government have been accommodated in developing the proposals. |
Chemistry World
March 29, 2010
Anna Lewcock |
Drug adviser quits over science advice rules The resignation of a sixth scientist from the UK government's drugs advisory body could trigger more departures and calls into further question the council's ability to offer vital scientific advice. |
Chemistry World
January 10, 2008
Richard Van Noorden |
Green Light for UK Nuclear Power The UK government has formally announced its long-awaited decision to support a new generation of nuclear power stations. Scientists, while welcoming the government's decision, also warned that plenty of detailed decisions remained. |
Chemistry World
July 14, 2006
Katharine Sanderson |
UK Government Unveils Energy Plans The UK government's long-awaited Energy Review contains great opportunities for chemists, but fails to pledge the research funding needed to meet the country's commitment to renewable energy. |
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. |
Chemistry World
May 2011
Bea Perks |
Editorial: Biofuel ethics A new report calls on the UK government to encourage research into new types of biofuels that need less land, produce fewer greenhouse gases and do not compete with food production. |
Chemistry World
February 15, 2007
Richard Van Noorden |
UK Nuclear Policy Setback UK government plans for a new generation of nuclear power stations have suffered a setback after a public consultation on nuclear power was condemned by a High Court judge as 'inadequate' and 'misleading'. |
Chemistry World
July 24, 2008
Victoria Gill |
Go ahead for UK national nuclear lab The UK government has given the go-ahead to establishing a national nuclear laboratory (NNL), and launched a competition to find it a commercial operator. |
Chemistry World
December 11, 2009
Anna Lewcock |
Hundreds of millions to be slashed from UK science budget Money is being sucked out of the research pot |
Chemistry World
September 2007
Ian Pearson |
Comment: Global Science Matters The UK's new science minister says that an international perspective is vital for scientific growth. |
Chemistry World
July 25, 2014
Emma Stoye |
NGOs call for Europe's chief scientific adviser post to be scrapped A group of nine non-governmental organizations have called on the president-elect of the European commission to scrap the position of chief scientific adviser. |
Chemistry World
May 23, 2007
Richard Van Noorden |
UK Government Reveals Energy Plans Scientists have cautiously welcomed the UK government's drive towards renewable energy and nuclear power. |
Chemistry World
November 2, 2007
Victoria Gill |
UK Nuclear Waste Disposal Plans Too Soon and Too Scanty UK scientists have urged the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to amend its plans to ask the public to volunteer to host an underground nuclear waste store. |
Chemistry World
July 21, 2009
Anna Lewcock |
Degrees of freedom The global nature of the climate change offers both opportunities and challenges. The US, for example, is keen to establish international cooperation and collaboration in climate change research |
Chemistry World
June 25, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Austria to sue EU over UK nuclear aid The Austrian government is to file a legal challenge against the EU next week over its recent decision to allow the UK to fund a new nuclear plant using state aid. |
Chemistry World
January 2008
Gurney & Adams |
Comment: How Good is UK Chemistry? Using bibliometrics as the key measure, the author compares the publication output of different countries. |
Chemistry World
September 8, 2010
Andrew Turley |
Vince Cable: science cuts are coming Taxpayers should only back research that makes money or is academically exceptional, UK business secretary Vince Cable said today in his first speech on science. |
Chemistry World
April 6, 2009
Rebecca Trager |
US funding boost - a threat to EU science? These developments have raised some concern about the possibility of a 'brain drain' from Europe to the US, as these falling barriers have quickly made the region a more appealing destination for researchers. |
Chemistry World
March 2010 |
News in brief Updates on hydrogels, DNA origami, graphene transistors, the European Research Council, and other science news. |
Chemistry World
December 13, 2013
Maria Burke |
UK overtakes US on research quality metric The UK has overtaken the US and now ranks first in one indicator of research quality, according to a new report commissioned by the UK's Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. |
Chemistry World
November 25, 2010
Mike Brown |
Capping scientific migrants A new UK immigration cap could bias against researchers looking to come to the UK. |
National Defense
June 2009
Clark A. Murdock |
A World Free of Nuclear Weapons: How Realistic Is Obama's Vision? Debating the realism of trying to rid the world of nuclear weapons is a pointless exercise. |
