United Kingdom & Ireland

Magazine articles on politics and society in the United Kingdom & Ireland.

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The Motley Fool December 18, 2009 Adrian Rush	Do Checks Face a Final Checkmate? Britain is ready to begin phasing out check-writing. Could it happen in the U.S., too?
Chemistry World December 17, 2009 Andy Extance	STFC funding axe bodes ill for UK science The UK Science and Technology Facilities Council has announced a series of program cuts and priority shifts, indicating a direction for British research that some researchers have reacted angrily to.
Chemistry World December 16, 2009 Anna Lewcock	Research funding plan should be abandoned, say academics A petition bearing 18,000 signatures calling for the abandonment of economic impact assessment in research funding applications has been delivered to the Higher Education Funding Council for England
Chemistry World December 11, 2009 Anna Lewcock	Hundreds of millions to be slashed from UK science budget Money is being sucked out of the research pot
Chemistry World December 11, 2009 Andy Extance	'Climategate' resolution underlines concern over data falsification Politicians in the US are raising the pressure on chemists and other scientists to ensure their work's legitimacy following the publication of emails suggesting unethical research practices at the University of East Anglia.
Chemistry World December 2009 Bibiana Campos Seijo	Editorial: High hopes Comments from the editor on the Copenhagen climate negotiations, the role of the United States energy policy, and the dismissal of British science adviser, David Nutt.
Chemistry World December 2009	Column: Undercover Academic Science funding, science-based policy and science education take up a substantial part of the UK's budget, so why are they not more widely discussed at election time?
Chemistry World December 2009 Chris Reynolds	Regulatory Burden A new carbon emissions scheme will unwittingly hit the chemical industry. The UK risks being at a disadvantage if industry is overburdened with regulation.
IEEE Spectrum December 2009 Robert N. Charette	Spectral Lines: UK Wants to Track Every Move You Make Your home may be your castle, but in the United Kingdom, the government will soon have a good idea of what goes on inside.
Chemistry World November 20, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Nuclear waste research resurfaces The UK government's recent announcement of a significant expansion for nuclear power generation has rekindled the debate over the safe disposal of radioactive waste.
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