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Chemistry World
April 3, 2014
Maria Burke |
Latest climate report sees a bigger role for adaptation The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says that science can offer ways to adapt to climate change and reduce risk -- something that should be used in combination with cutting emissions.   |
Chemistry World
April 2, 2014
Anthony King |
Analysts shrug off rare earth trade ruling There will be no immediate impact on rare earths from the recent World Trade Organization ruling against China, say analysts. The WTO deemed that China's use of export quotas, export taxes and trading restrictions went against its rules. |
Chemistry World
February 20, 2014
Angeli Mehta |
Immigration battle set to freeze Swiss out of European research The EU has suspended negotiations with Switzerland on the Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+ research and education programs after the Swiss government said it could not sign an agreement to open its borders to immigrants from the EU's newest member -- Croatia. |
Information Today
February 11, 2014
Donovan Griffin |
Electronic Waste Hazards In 1989, countries from around the world gathered at the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal to reduce the flow of hazardous waste from developed countries to underdeveloped countries. |
Chemistry World
January 21, 2014
Emma Stoye |
UNESCO launches International Year of Crystallography Around 1200 people gathered to officially launch the International Year of Crystallography at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization headquarters in Paris, France on 20-21 January. |
Information Today
December 19, 2013 |
UNESCO Broadens OA Policy UNESCO introduced an open access repository that makes more than 300 online books, reports, and articles in about 12 languages freely available on UNESCO's website. |
Chemistry World
December 2, 2013
Maria Burke |
Compromise puts Israel on course to join Europe's science program Israel and the EU have resolved the diplomatic dispute that looked set to shut out Israeli research universities and technology companies from Europe's flagship science program. |
Chemistry World
November 7, 2013
Helen Carmichael |
World faces up to Syria's chemical weapons legacy The UN watchdog has confirmed that Syria has destroyed its chemical weapons manufacturing equipment a day ahead of the deadline. The costly and complex task of disposing of the chemical weapons remains. |
Chemistry World
October 24, 2013
Ned Stafford |
Global treaty on mercury emissions signed A global treaty designed to cut emissions of the toxic heavy metal mercury into the environment, took another major step forward with formal adoption earlier this month. |
Chemistry World
October 18, 2013
Hepeng Jia |
China blamed for mercury on iconic Mount Fuji Amid a simmering row between China and Japan over an island territory dispute, new research claims that the atmosphere above Japan's iconic Mount Fuji is being polluted with mercury by Chinese industry. |
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