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Forget tax credits, fund applied research

17 June 2013 News and Analysis

Thinktank says hundreds of millions of pounds of tax breaks are going to city business firms and would be better spent elsewhere

Former editor of Chemistry in Britain dies

13 June 2013 News and Analysis

Peter Farago, who edited Chemistry World’s predecessor for over 20 years, dies after a long illness

'Scientific censorship' hamstringing psychoactive drug research

12 June 2013 News and Analysis

New treatments for psychological disorders are being held back by government controls on recreational drugs

French convinced sarin used in Syria

11 June 2013 News and Analysis

Labs in France and the UK have both confirmed the presence of the nerve agent in biological samples

Fukushima disaster has not raised cancer risks, says UN

7 June 2013 News and Analysis

Latest study at odds with others that predicted a slight increase in certain types of tumours

Uproar over chemical exposure advice for pregnant women

5 June 2013 News and Analysis

Opinion paper published by the Royal Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists provokes strong reaction

Senator behind US chemical reform effort dies

4 June 2013 News and Analysis

Frank Lautenberg, 1924-2013

Brazil puts $680m into innovation centres

4 June 2013 News and Analysis

Funding will keep multi-disciplinary projects running for up to 11 years

'Legal high' production gathers pace

4 June 2013 News and Analysis

New report highlights rapid growth in designer drugs fuelling fears that they could cause many deaths

Another pesticide linked to honeybee deaths

31 May 2013 News and Analysis

Fipronil manufacturer BASF disputes European food agency's conclusion that chemical poses 'acute risk' to bees

Blast kills 33 at Chinese explosives plant

30 May 2013 News and Analysis

Investigators are examining whether unsafe working conditions contributed to the accident

Chad Mirkin named Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year

24 May 2013 News and Analysis

This year’s prize has been awarded to US nanotechnologist Chad Mirkin for his work on spherical nucleic acids

Egyptian research budget ‘unspent’

23 May 2013 News and Analysis

Egypt's ministry of scientific research faces funding cuts, after failing to spend most of this year's budget.

US Supreme Court rules in favour of Monsanto

22 May 2013 News and Analysis

An Indiana farmer who was trying to replicate Monsanto-patented seeds infringed on the company’s intellectual property rights, the Supreme Court has determined

Lords Bill proposes animal research labelling for medicines

22 May 2013 News and Analysis

Bill aims to underline the necessity of animal experiments, says Robert Winston

Petition calls for science minister to go

20 May 2013 News and Analysis

Russian scientists begin campain for reforms in science and higher education policy to be altered

Australian budget hits higher education hard

16 May 2013 News and Analysis

Chemists hope that central relevance of their science to the big questions will afford them some protection from cuts

Lawrence Livermore lab offers voluntary redundancy to 10% of employees

15 May 2013 News and Analysis

US Department of Energy lab is trying to address anticipated budgetary difficulties by cutting 600 workers

Congress says US needs a science laureate

14 May 2013 News and Analysis

New legislation proposes the appointment of a public champion for research

Scientists to crowdsource power plant data

14 May 2013 News and Analysis

A new project calls on citizen scientists to help map carbon dioxide emissions

Canada’s research council is open – for business

14 May 2013 News and Analysis

Government plans to turn scientific body into a 'tool for industry' leading to fears basic research will be sidelined

EU struggles to fix faltering carbon trading scheme

10 May 2013 News and Analysis

Supporters of emissions market hopeful parliament will vote again on measure to bolster price of pollution

US moves in different direction on pesticides

7 May 2013 News and Analysis

While the EU is zeroing in on neonicotinoids as a major cause of bee deaths, the US is looking elsewhere

Suspect charged over ricin letters

2 May 2013 News and Analysis

Mississippi man alleged to have sent potent toxin to President Obama and other public figures

Wellcome Trust announces new head

1 May 2013 News and Analysis

Jeremy Farrar to join the organisation on 1 October