Securing UK science

UK science faces facilities freeze.

vented the issues around scientific integrity that arose during the oil spill. Some advocates agree that the document is a disappointment. “It was a very long wait for four pages,” says Jeff Ruch of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), based in Washington DC, which has represented several scientist whistleblowers. “We feel frustrated that this process is horribly off schedu...

Science in the UK − whereto now?

Humour in Britain is appreciated for its quirkiness and ironic elf-deprecation and can sometimes seem baffling to the outside orld. The outcome of the recent United Kingdom referendum here a narrow-ish majority voted to leave the European Union s certainly perplexing to most onlookers and, if its consequences ere not so far-reaching, might be laughed off as an illustration of uch absurd humour....

Comparing the Active Centers in the Area of Ethics in Science and Technology in the US, UK, China and India

Background: Nowadays, life increasingly relies on inclusive scientific and technological infrastructures. Today, the use of technology has been manifested in all aspects of people's lives, so that decision-making processes in all aspects are based on the indicators of science and technology. Science has even come up with issues such as ethics and tradition, so traditional issues of ethics in th...

Certificates for CCS at reduced public cost : securing the UK ' s energy and climate future , Energy

Securing recruitment and obtaining informed consent in minority ethnic groups in the UK

BACKGROUND Previous health research has often explicitly excluded individuals from minority ethnic backgrounds due to perceived cultural and communication difficulties, including studies where there might be language/literacy problems in obtaining informed consent. This study addressed these difficulties by developing audio-recorded methods of obtaining informed consent and recording data. This...