All Policy articles
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BusinessDrug companies reluctantly accept state price negotiations
As legal challenges fall flat, will industry’s claims of stifled innovation be borne out?
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BusinessRSC calls on government to address lab space shortage
Decades-long shortfall in suitable facilities has held back growth and innovation
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NewsEU’s new research commissioner named
Commission president nominates Bulgarian politician Ekaterina Zaharieva
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NewsWith departments and courses facing closures UK chemistry needs a new hero
Harry Kroto’s star status helped to save the subject 20 years ago
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BusinessUK’s Grangemouth refinery will close in 2025
Petroineos will convert site into a fuel import terminal with loss of 400 jobs
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NewsCommission launches call for AI ‘factories’ to aid research and industry
It is hoped these facilities will help speed up development of applications in healthcare, energy, transport, defence and manufacturing
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RSCIndustry and academic leaders unite to drive polymer sustainability
Leading industry figures and academics talk about the challenges faced in the transition to sustainable PLFs
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NewsUS–China science and technology accord expires, maybe for the last time
Forty-five-year-old agreement has lapsed again but the US remains in contact with China on scientific cooperation
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BusinessUS industry braced for change as election looms
Regulation, trade tariffs and innovation support top lists of concerns
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NewsScience community holds its breath again as consequential US presidential election looms
A lot is riding on the November election for university researchers and science advocates, who overwhelmingly back Kamala Harris
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BusinessNicotine analogues emerging in e-cigarettes to evade regulations
Tests show products contain widely variable amounts of compounds with unknown risks
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NewsVenezuela’s contested presidential election brings both chaos and hope
The country’s scientific enterprise is at a crisis point, but many believe a González presidency would bring the dawn of a new era for Venezuelan research
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BusinessExplainer: Why drug shortages happen and how can we reduce them?
Record-high numbers of drugs are in short supply, from chemotherapy and antibiotics to hormone replacements
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NewsBudget leaves Indian researchers searching for funding following cuts to universities
Government critics highlight parlous situation on pay and infrastructure
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NewsChinese-born chemist cleared of last conviction under US’s espionage probe
Court throws out Feng ‘Franklin’ Tao’s final conviction under the now-defunct China Initiative, after five-year legal fight
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NewsSpanish government unveils new cross-collaborative strategy for scientific policy
Prime minister announces creation of national office to advise politicians on science
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OpinionUK science has a long list of asks for Labour, with few easy fixes
Stretched finances mean hard realities
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BusinessExplainer: How is the US pharmaceutical patent system being misused?
What are ‘evergreening’ and ‘thicketing’ and what is being done to reform the system and aid competition?
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NewsPatrick Vallance joins UK science department as Keir Starmer appoints first cabinet
Former chief scientific adviser a surprise appointment following Labour’s general election win