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Chemistry World
March 11, 2013
Rebecca Trager |
Retreating from meetings? US government scientists and technical experts could soon find themselves unable to travel to scientific meetings now that the much-anticipated automatic budgetary cuts, known as sequestration, became effective in the US on 1 March.   |
Chemistry World
November 11, 2008
Rebecca Trager |
Chemical industry cautious about Obama presidency The chemical industry's guarded response to the election of Democrat Barack Obama as the 44th US president stands in stark contrast to the enthusiastic reception he received from chemists. |
Chemistry World
March 31, 2015
Emma Stoye |
Fears UK government scientists could be gagged by new rules Recent changes to the civil service code could make it harder for UK government scientists to talk to the media, leading to 'misinformation' about key scientific issues among the public. |
Chemistry World
January 17, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
Mixed US budget news for research The US Congress has passed a budget for 2014 that reverses some of the automatic 'sequester' cuts that went into effect in March 2013 and increases the budgets of most science agencies. |
Chemistry World
April 15, 2011
Rebecca Trager |
Delayed US budgets finally agreed The Obama administration says it no longer plans to keep the budgets of the key physical science agencies on a trajectory to double between 2006 and 2016, but it is still vowing to provide them with 'strong investments'. |
Chemistry World
October 4, 2013
Rebecca Trager |
US government shutdown hits science, chemical industry Researchers working at American universities and agencies are reeling after the US government shutdown on 1 October. The chemical industry has not escaped the effects of the political spat either. |
Chemistry World
June 9, 2009
Rebecca Trager |
US speeds visa process for researchers The US government has implemented changes to its visa system that are expected to make it dramatically easier for foreign researchers and graduate students to enter the country to work or attend scientific conferences. |
National Defense
April 2015
Will Goodman |
Market Research: The Collateral Damage of Conference Restrictions If better market research saves just one percent of major program life-cycle costs, it would be five times the total savings the government claims from conference restrictions, and an order of magnitude more savings when one accounts for all defense programs. |
Geotimes
November 2003
Megan Sever |
Government peer review The federal government recently proposed extensive new peer-review procedures for scientific reports from regulatory agencies. While some agencies already practice peer review with their documents, these, the first government-wide mandated standards, have some people crying foul. |
Chemistry World
September 5, 2013
Rebecca Trager |
Funding woes lead US scientists to consider moving overseas A new report paints a bleak picture of scientists conducting government funded research in the US. As many as 18% of US scientists questioned for the analysis are considering taking their research to another country. |
Chemistry World
November 17, 2010
Rebecca Trager |
US science agencies poised for tough times Current political and economic conditions in the US could mean bad news for the nation's science agencies and the researchers. |
Chemistry World
August 30, 2011
Rebecca Trager |
EPA's laboratory management weaknesses persist A new report by the congressional Government Accountability Office finds that the agency's failure to respond to multiple calls to reorganize its 37 labs could be resulting in duplication and waste. |
Chemistry World
January 28, 2011
Rebecca Trager |
US cost savings must spare science, Obama says President Obama, in his January State of the Union speech, sought to calm concerns that major budget deficit reduction efforts will mean steep cuts for science agencies and researchers who depend on their grants. |
Chemistry World
November 17, 2009
Rebecca Trager |
Nobel laureates appeal for open access In an open letter to United States lawmakers, 41 Nobel laureates endorse the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009 for open access publishing |
Chemistry World
February 18, 2009
Rebecca Trager |
Obama Signs Off on Billions of Dollars for Research US president Barack Obama has signed into law a massive economic stimulus bill that contains an extra $21.5 billion ( 15 billion) in federal research and development support, impressing the scientific community. |
Chemistry World
August 9, 2011
Rebecca Trager |
US debt deal is a mixed bag for researchers It has become clear that the news is mixed for US science agencies and the researchers who depend on their funding. |
Chemistry World
March 2, 2012
Rebecca Trager |
Anti-open access bill suffers sudden death Legislation in the US Congress that would have stopped funding agencies stipulating that research they fund with taxpayer dollars be made publicly available has collapsed. The dramatic development could signal a pivotal shift in scientific publishing. |
Chemistry World
August 7, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
US research agencies accused of stifling communication of science US government agencies have put in place obstacles that thwart efforts by science journalists to effectively communicate government science, according to a new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists. |
Chemistry World
October 23, 2015
Matthias Gross |
Experiments beyond the laboratory Real world 'experiments' should be carefully planned and democratically supported. |
Information Today
July 28, 2015 |
Pew Report Delves Into Scientific Attitudes The report, "An Elaboration of AAAS Scientists' Views," explores findings by examining American Association for the Advancement of Science scientists' views on major science-related issues. |
Chemistry World
October 17, 2014
Ned Stafford |
European scientists rally to protest jobs and funding crisis Scientists throughout Europe, frustrated with inadequate funding for research and a lack of jobs, are banding together to demand that policymakers at national and EU levels take action. |
Chemistry World
July 27, 2011
Sean Milmo |
UK government sets aside 1000 places for top researchers The UK chemistry sector has given a mostly cool response to a government scheme to attract top chemists, chemical engineers and other scientists from outside the EU, while tightening restrictions on immigration. |
Chemistry World
September 20, 2013
Rebecca Trager |
Canadians rally for science Thousands of lab-coat clad scientists and citizens protested across Canada on Monday. Increasing concerns about cuts to key scientific institutions in Canada led to the nationwide pro-science rally. |
Chemistry World
May 2007 |
Comment: A Matter of Ethics Scientists should embrace a universal ethical code. |
Chemistry World
October 31, 2014
Ned Stafford |
Plea for EU to act on GM from plant scientists 21 top European plant scientists have issued an open letter demanding that the EU take action to ensure that they and other scientists are able to pursue genetically modified plant research. |
National Defense
August 2005
Moorhouse & Hickey |
Contractor-Sponsored Events: Navigating Through the Rules For contractor-sponsored events that involve federal employees, the following considerations should be examined by federal contractors and their government customers. |
Chemistry World
February 1, 2013
Rebecca Trager |
Duplicate grants could be costing US science agencies millions The US's premiere science agencies may be inadvertently awarding tens of millions of dollars to scientists who submitted the same grant proposal multiple times and accepted duplicate funding. |
Chemistry World
September 11, 2006 |
Conference Blog From the American Chemical Society's fall conference: Dance your way to an A... Play for today... Welcome to San Francisco... Bio-barcodes indicate cancer protein... etc. |
Parameters
November 2004
Augustus W. Fountain Iii |
Transforming Defense Basic Research Strategy The US armed forces currently enjoy an unprecedented level of technological superiority across the full spectrum of military threats. |
Information Today
December 15, 2015 |
ACS Publishes New OA Journal The American Chemical Society announced ACS Omega, a new peer-reviewed, open access multidisciplinary journal. |
Chemistry World
August 18, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Cuban and US chemists hopeful amid warming relations Tensions between the US and Cuba have begun to thaw after 50 years. Scientists now have new opportunities to collaborate |
Chemistry World
January 7, 2008
Rebecca Trager |
US Science Budget Fails to Deliver Although the 2008 budget has proved disappointing to the US science community, a light is on the horizon. |
Chemistry World
October 24, 2013
Emily James |
Silenced scientists speak out in Canada Nine out of 10 Canadian federal scientists say that they are not allowed to speak freely to the media about their work, according to results from a major survey. |
Chemistry World
February 12, 2015
S Umapathy |
Indian science at the crossroads How should Indian scientific research evolve? |
Chemistry World
February 16, 2015
Patrick Walter |
Poll finds majority of scientists engaging with public Scientists believe that they should take an active role in public policy debates when it comes to science and technology, according to a survey of American Association for the Advancement of Science members. |
Chemistry World
April 25, 2008
Rebecca Trager |
Environmental Scientists Report Political Interference Hundreds of the US Environmental Protection Agency's scientific staff have experienced political interference in their work, a survey has revealed. |
Reason
November 2005
Tim Cavanaugh |
Subsidized Spin The Pentagon is spending $300,000 to send mid-career scientists, researchers, and engineers to a workshop at the television and screen writing school with the hope that some of these scientists will be inspired to produce a screenplay that paints scientists as cool. |
Chemistry World
February 15, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
US National Academies to revisit scientific misconduct The US National Academies aims to shift thinking about scientific misconduct away from corrupt individuals operating in a vacuum and toward researchers working within a flawed system, in a forthcoming report. |
Chemistry World
March 7, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
Obama's proposed science budget disappoints US researchers and science advocates are expressing significant disappointment at funding proposals for research agencies in President Obama's budget request for 2015. |
Chemistry World
July 15, 2011
Rebecca Trager |
EPA Under Fire Over Drinking Water Contaminants The US Environmental Protection Agency has not taken adequate steps to assure the safety of public drinking water because of 'systemic limitations' and politicisation. |
Chemistry World
February 13, 2012 |
Building a nation of scientists Goverdhan Mehta talks to Sheena Elliott and Elinor Richards about the progress of science in India and the challenges scientists face |
Geotimes
August 2007
Harvey Leifert |
Say Hello to Your PIO A public information officer is a science writer who can explain the significance of what scientists have discovered in terms nonscientists can understand. Here's how they can help earth scientists. |
Chemistry World
September 27, 2010
Rebecca Trager |
America's scientific lead remains on the brink An influential US National Academies committee that sounded an alarm five years ago about the precarious position of American leadership in science and technology has renewed its call to action. |
Chemistry World
September 29, 2014
Derek Lowe |
Garbage in, garbage out Evaluating scientists is not easy. That's always been the case, and the shortcuts to doing it have been around a long time too. Counting papers and conferences is easy, but stupid. |
Chemistry World
May 7, 2014
Eugene Gerden |
Russia pays high scientific price over Ukraine The annexation of the Crimean peninsula by Russia and the subsequent tensions over Ukraine has seen the US Department of Energy impose a ban on scientists from Russia working in its physics and chemistry laboratories. |
Searcher
May 2003
Miriam Drake |
Government Doublethink: Protection or Supression in Information This article deals with government information activities after September 11, 2001 and covers regulations and actions related to government withholding, suppressing, and altering information. |
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. |
CFO
November 1, 2008
Kate Plourd |
Or We Could Just Teleconference... Corporate travel spending may dip in 2009. And with airfares rising, those spending the same as this year will be traveling less. |
Chemistry World
April 10, 2008
Luisa Massarani |
Brazil Pins Economic Hopes on Science Brazil's future prosperity depends on training more young scientists. |
Chemistry World
December 24, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
US research agencies finally get their new budgets The US fiscal year 2016 appropriations, signed by President Obama on 18 December, provide $148.6 billion for federal research and development, an increase of 8.1% above current levels |
