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Britain seeks to reduce contributions to €95bn research network seen as vital by country’s scientists
London-based organisation hosted the announcement of many of the 19th century’s most important scientific discoveries
The country has become a prolific producer of academic research but fraudulent studies risk serious real-world consequences
Risks of warming and irreversible changes to the planet greater than thought in previous assessment in 2014
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt vows to make Britain the ‘best place in Europe’ for tech companies to invest
Unexpected finding suggests popular sweetener could treat autoimmune conditions such as arthritis and diabetes
The country’s reputation is inflated by historic successes and relies on successful outliers
Therapies based on editing of human genomes predicted to have a price tag of $2mn per patient
Study identifies new stomach disease in seabirds caused by microplastics
Prime minister said to be ‘sceptical’ about value of research programme and cost of UK participation
Burning trees across Eurasia and North America emitted 1.76bn tonnes of CO₂ in 2021
Researchers welcome EU Commission president’s pledge to begin work on accession accord
Objects in the upper stratosphere are used for science, surveillance and communications
Neuroscience breakthrough demonstrates ability of human organoids to adopt functions of host’s visual cortex
Shortage of doctors with university posts is putting health service on ‘dangerous precipice’
The decline in truly revolutionary research may have serious implications for humanity
Government keeps EU research programmes in its sights but pushes ahead with other plans
Charity’s chair Julia Gillard commits to £16bn investment in science and health over next decade
Commercial use is many years away but investors should start thinking through the implications now
Scientists decode DNA preserved in Ice Age sediments in far north of Greenland
El Niño and La Niña heating and cooling phenomena set to become stronger, warn scientists
Two of Europe’s scientific powerhouses agree to work together after being excluded from the EU’s Horizon programme
Stanford university experiments offer ‘exciting’ system for modelling disorders and neural development
Company entered CAC40 last year thanks to pandemic but has been hit by falling demand
Svante Pääbo’s sequencing of the Neanderthal’s genome boosts understanding of evolution
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