[In Brief] News at a glance
Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 15:11
in Mathematics & Economics
In science news around the world, a new containment structure slides into place over a Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant reactor, scientists in Argentina brace for budget cuts in 2017, a new report finds that harm reduction strategies for illegal drug injectors are underused, a U.K. parliamentary committee warns that the government needs to ensure that research is at the center of Brexit negotiations, and the U.S. Surgeon General calls for accelerating research on alcohol and drug addiction. Also, Science discusses censorship research with computer scientist Phillipa Gill of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. And a new interactive visualization tool lets users monitor air pollution around the planet in real time.