An estimated 360 million Euros from the coffers of EU research funding was spent mistakenly; auditors blame overly complicated funding rules.
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Research spending dropped $4 billion dollars in 2011, and could continue to drop, according to a new report.
A handful of French science academies and government agencies add to a growing chorus of doubts that genetically modified corn causes tumors and early death in rats.
The National Institutes of Health is reconsidering a rule that limited the numbers of submissions for a given grant applicants to two, due to popular demand for the three-strike policy.
A handful of US states are enacting laws that make it harder for parents to opt out of vaccinating their children against infectious diseases.
The United States government is concerned over the declining levels of state funding for public research universities, citing a threat to overall economic health.
Pharmaceutical and biotech companies ask the US Food and Drug Administration to ensure the independence of a third-party audit of its new drug program.
Many Americans who are likely to vote in upcoming elections are not in favor of across-the-board cuts to non-discretionary funding.
FedEx and UPS make further restrictions on their shipments of animals for experimental use.
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