United Kingdom & Ireland

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Chemistry World February 6, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Nuclear Storage: Ready, Willing, Able, and Undecided A report into the UK's long term nuclear waste storage plans has concluded there are no insurmountable technical barriers to storing nuclear waste deep underground. Between a third and two-thirds of the UK is geologically suitable for storing waste.
Fast Company February 1, 2007 David Axe	Digging Out The idea of putting people to work in Iraq was largely neglected after the invasion. Now, as debate mounts over troop withdrawals, one British army captain's VC strategy might help fill the void.
Chemistry World February 2007 Helen Pilcher	Living on Credits Carbon rationing isn't just a personal fancy. A growing band of UK politicians and scientists are touting it as the fairest and most practical way to cut emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane.
Chemistry World February 2007 Mark Peplow	Science Stars Rise in the East Collaborate or die. That's the message of a series of reports from the independent thinktank Demos, claiming that British science is in danger of being sidelined unless it tries harder to work with booming Asian nations such as China, India and South Korea.
InsideFlyer January 2007	A Flogging for Logging Flight Miles in the U.K. Britain's Royals and Tony Blair's Cabinet have been criticized for it's large volume of unnecessary air travel.
Chemistry World December 7, 2006 Richard Van Noorden	Quality by Numbers The UK government has announced a shake-up in the way university research is assessed and funded.
Popular Mechanics November 30, 2006 Simon Cooper	Experts: Radiation Risk from Spy Death Minimal (Unless You're a Spy) Since investigators discovered traces of radiation on three British Airways jets yesterday and expanded their search today, the public health scare caused by the radiation poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in London has exploded into a mini-hysteria that experts say is largely overblown.
Chemistry World November 10, 2006	Lord Sainsbury Quits as UK Science Minister Scientists paid tribute to Lord Sainsbury as he resigned after eight years as UK science minister. The former chairman of Sainsbury's supermarkets said he had stepped down for personal reasons, preferring to concentrate on his business interests and charitable work.
Chemistry World November 3, 2006 Victoria Gill	Crack-Down on Bogus Bonfires The UK Environment Agency has issued a warning this week to unscrupulous companies and individuals planning to use bonfire night as a cover to burn waste materials.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2006	U.K. Ministry of Defence Installs Smiths Aerospace Sensor Systems in Future Lynx Helicopters The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD) contracted Smith Aerospace to develop and supply a health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) technology for its Future Lynx helicopters by AgustaWestland.
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