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UK top scientist immigration policy under fire

26 February 2013 News and Analysis

A scheme to attract world leaders in science to the UK has seen just 73 visas issued in its first year

Rebuilding public trust in Japanese science

6 September 2012 News and Analysis

Public faith in the role of science-based decision-making faltered after the tsunami and Fukushima and won't be easy recover

Popcorn flavouring presents worker risk

21 August 2012 Research

A chemical that gives popcorn its buttery flavour has been found to cause similar respiratory problems as the flavouring it replaced

Going solo

7 August 2012 Managing Change

Simon Perks finds out how a corporate restructure turned five industrial chemists into start-up entrepreneurs

Synthetic nanozymes silence hepatitis C

17 July 2012 Research

A new approach to viral diseases uses an artificial nanoparticle complex which can be programmed to shut down viral genes

Ultrafast transistors created in a vacuum

3 July 2012 Research

A new type of vacuum-based transistor can conduct electrons a hundred time faster than conventional electronics

Chiral separation with micro-flows

5 June 2012 Research

Enantiomers will move to different regions where they can be isolated without auxiliary selector molecules

Special treatment for scientists under immigration rules

6 March 2012 News Archive

Responding to concern in the academic community, the UK government has eased immigration strictures

Molecular dance set to makes waves across the pond

5 March 2012 News Archive

A simulation that lets people 'play' with atomic particles has proven so popular in the UK it's going to the US