Canada’s World-Renowned Freshwater Research Facility Saved by New Management
The Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), Canada’s flagship environmental research center that...
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Budget Plan Leaves U.K. Science Treading Water
U.K. researchers are going to have live with a flat R&D...
Study Finds Women Biologists More Likely to Avoid Spotlight at Conferences
Women who have beaten the odds to find themselves in the...
German Researchers Withdraw From Canadian Oil Sands Project
TORONTO, CANADA—German scientists have pulled out of an international research project...
Canada’s Cash Controversy
TORONTO, CANADA—The Bank of Canada has issued an apology for expunging...
Scientists march on Canadian parliament
To the mournful tune of a lone saxophone scientists marched through...
UK invests in graphene technology
The UK government has pledged £50m towards developing spin-off technologies from...
Can States Sue on Greenhouse Gas as a ‘Nuisance’? High Court Asks
As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is busy girding itself...
Workplace climate a major factor in why women leave engineering, report finds
For women in engineering, workplace climate issues are pervasive and continue...
In Times of Crisis, U.K. Government Should Listen to Its Scientists, Says Report
LONDON—The British Government is too hesitant to ask the advice of...
Blood Sport: Anti-Doping Strategy Comes Into Its Own
Last week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), considered the...
E.U. Commissioner Seeks ‘Clean Break’ From Past Research Funding Strategy
LONDON—”Get focused and get united to get ahead.” Pinching words from...
Foreign Scientists Will Move to Front of U.K. Visa Line
Fleshing out the details of its controversial new immigration cap, the...
U.K. Neuroscientists Complain Funding Cut Penalizes Them for Success
LONDON—At a briefing here today, the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) warned...
London Superlab Gets Local Approval
LONDON—Plans to build a £500 million medical research institute in the...
WHO Endorses ‘Revolutionary’ New Diagnostic Test for TB
LONDON—A new rapid test for tuberculosis (TB) has received an important...
U.K. Opens New Visa Route for Foreign Scientists, But May Still Curtail Their Number
The United Kingdom has finally begun revealing some of the details...
London’s Natural History Museum Delays Expedition
London’s Natural History Museum (NHM) has suspended a month-long scientific expedition...