Policy

• Plans for cutting emissions could also benefit health

  Global leaders target health benefits in advance of Copenhagen meeting.

  25 November 2009

• The FDA: A tough tonic - Premium content

  The new head of the US Food and Drug Administration has inherited an agency battered by crises. Meredith Wadman asks whether Peggy Hamburg can concoct a cure.

  25 November 2009

• Japan sets sights on solar power from space - Premium content

  Researchers aim to launch full-scale system by 2030.

  25 November 2009

• Mexico's transgenic maize under fire - Premium content

  Experimental planting scheme has insufficient controls to prevent gene flow to native crops, critcs say.

  25 November 2009

• UK physics council sees grim future - Premium content

  Second financial crisis in two years leaves researchers questioning the council's long-term viability.

  25 November 2009

• Flu-virus prevalence comes under scrutiny

  Projects to monitor antibodies seek true extent of H1N1 infection.

  24 November 2009

• Diagnosing the future of genomics

  Eric Green discusses his priorities as newly appointed director of the US National Human Genome Research Institute.

  23 November 2009

• Europe puts brakes on fusion project - Premium content

  Firing up ITER in 2018 is not feasible, warn council delegates.

  19 November 2009

• South Korean R&D budget to soar - Premium content

  Materials science and green technology should win large funding increases.

  19 November 2009

• Gene-makers form security coalition - Premium content

  Latest salvo in the gene-synthesis 'standards war' sees firms set up a competing code.

  18 November 2009