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Ukrainian scientists battle chronic underfunding
Leading scientists call on the government to fulfil promises to keep Ukrainian science competitive on the world stage
Russia mulls plan for overseas study scheme
Students that receive funding to study abroad will have to return and work in Russia
A gap in the market
With a little luck and a lot of hard work, young entrepreneurs can turn ideas into careers. Emma Davies meets some graduates who are setting out and starting up
Breaking the surface?
Philip Ball is perplexed by the EPSRC's decision to cut surface science funding
10 years ago - Alain Baxter
British Olympic skier Alain Baxter had his bronze medal taken away after a post-race drug test showed traces of methamphetamine
The death of UK science?
Campaign group launches with PR stunt to highlight perceived failings at physical sciences research council
HDL drug class struggling after latest flop
The failure of another 'good' cholesterol-raising drug and a new genetic study casts shadow over HDL hypothesis
The knowledge economy
Simon Coles proposes an alternative approach to sharing scientific information. For what it’s worth...
Use your body
Joining a professional body has a range of career benefits from training to networking and sharing expertise explains Charlotte Ashley-Roberts
Oxo wall still stands as inorganic papers retracted
Curtain falls on controversy over creation of metal-oxo complexes as authors publish new work refuting their previous claims
Chemistry and the Olympics
Emma Davies looks into the vital role chemistry will play during the Olympic and Paralympic games
China targets patented drugs with law change
Domestic drug companies can apply for licences to produce patented drugs when public health overrides intellectual property considerations
Drawing on drugs to kick the habit
Anthony King surveys the problems involved in creating drugs that help people quit smoking
A warning for Iberoamerican science
Latin America’s scientific spring is in jeopardy says Carmelo Polino, as education systems fail a disinterested generation
What's law got to do with it?
Sean Seymore’s career has taken him from the lab to law school and back again. Yfke Hager determines his motive
Monopoly money
Dean Baker says it’s time to start talking seriously about the way in which pharma is funded
Alzheimer's drug flops in Phase III
Solanezumab from Eli Lilly missed the cognitive and functional primary endpoints of the trials
The road less travelled
Jayne Garno tells Vibhuti Patel about her varied career path, why she prefers an academic career and pushing frontiers with her research
EU tightens drug rules in wake of Mediator scandal
Withdrawal of a drug in one EU member state will trigger an alert throughout the rest
Liberal Democrats pledge support for UK science
Party pass science policy paper unanimously at its conference in Brighton
Russian chemist released after drug charge
Expert on poppy opioid chemistry faces drug trafficking charges that supporters claim are politically motivated
Health check finds Canadian science doing well
Independent report says country's research base is healthy, despite growing friction between scientists and government
Attempts to reform Croatian science stall
Controversy over changes to promotions and retirement age send the reforms back to the drawing board
Scientists petition Serbian government to tackle misconduct
Letter alleges plagiarism, cronyism and other bad practices are tolerated and widespread
'Nano-welding' taken to the limits as specific bonds are cut and formed
US and Chinese scientists put on a superlative display of single-molecule engineering
Keeping science in the family
Robin McCarley tells Vibhuti Patel about his work on bioanalytical sensors, motivating his students and the family that inspired him to become a scientist
C–O bond stretched to record length
Efforts to extend bonds could lead to new bonding concepts and strategies for catalysis
Compute with confidence
Charlotte Ashley Roberts gives some advice on finding a job as a computational chemist and the importance of staying positive