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Chemistry World December 2011 Derek Lowes	Column: In the pipeline Everyone knows what a bad lab looks like. But is there an opposite design, one that everyone would agree is the right place to do research?
Chemistry World November 30, 2011 Patrick Walter	Autumn windfall for UK science and industry The UK government has announced a raft of measures in its autumn statement to try to boost the flagging economy. There is some good news for the research community, as well as the chemical and life science industries.
Chemistry World November 23, 2011 Ned Stafford	Cuts threaten autonomy at EU universities The ongoing economic crisis is leading to university funding cuts in varying degrees across much of Europe, with 'financial matters' the 'most pressing challenges faced by universities today.
Chemistry World November 21, 2011 Rebecca Trager	White House science office budget cut by a third The battle between Republicans and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has culminated in the office having its budget cut by over 30 per cent.
Chemistry World November 18, 2011 Zhiguo Xu	China opens clean energy lab China has launched its first national energy laboratory dedicated to fighting climate change as part of increasing national efforts to combat rising carbon emissions.
Chemistry World November 7, 2011 Eugene Gerden	Russia Books Place at Science Top Table The Innovative Russia 2020 scheme should see science funding rise to at least 2.5 per cent of GDP. However, some critics think the scheme is overambitious and predict that implementation will run into bureacratic problems.
Chemistry World November 2011	Reaching out The explosion is the doyenne of chemical demonstrations, but is the web taking over as a tool for researchers to enthuse the public about chemistry? Success online depends on reaching the right audience. YouTube and iTunes make this easier
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Dan Ferber	Calling All Teachers This article focuses on preservice training -- training college students and graduates to be STEM teachers.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011	Experiment Seeks to Create Interdisciplinary Curricula The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has brought together an expert in student evaluation with faculty members from four universities with one goal in mind: to create interdisciplinary science courses easily implemented in any undergraduate classroom.
Chemistry World November 2011 Jack Stilgoe	The Science we Want, the Science we Need The UK government has lost the ability to ensure that the research that it really needs gets done.
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