Researchers reeling as UK votes to leave EU
It was the result that most scientists didn’t want. The United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union has plunged it into political and economic uncertainty — and left researchers worried over the
Alison Abbott
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Italian papers on genetically modified crops under investigation
<p>Papers that describe harmful effects to animals fed genetically modified (GM) crops are under scrutiny for alleged data manipulation. The leaked findings of an ongoing investigation at the University
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Urban decay
In 1965, health authorities in Camberwell, a bustling quarter of London's southward sprawl, began an unusual tally. They started to keep case records for every person in the area who was diagnosed with
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Stress and the city: Urban decay
In 1965, health authorities in Camberwell, a bustling quarter of London's southward sprawl, began an unusual tally. They started to keep case records for every person in the area who was diagnosed with
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Growth industry
To learn the chemical language of plants, Ian Baldwin has built up a German research empire that engineers seeds
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Basel Declaration defends animal research
Animal activists last summer set fire to the alpine holiday home of Daniel Vasella, then chief executive of pharmaceutical giant Novartis of Basel, Switzerland, in one of relatively few violent attacks on scientists working with animals in German-speaking countries.
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Therapeutic HIV vaccines show promise
The world buzzed with news that an antiretroviral gel can halve the incidence of HIV infection in women. But a quieter buzz could be heard at the International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) in Vienna, where the gel results were unveiled.
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Germany bans GM maize
Germany has outlawed the cultivation of Monsanto's genetically modified maize, Mon810 - the only GM crop approved in the European Union.
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European disarray on transgenic crops
Forthcoming decisions set to bring disagreements to a head.