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Letter from the Chief Scientific Advisers Committee (CSAC) on strategic priorities for the science and research budget for 2015 to 2016.
Article by Sir Mark Walport on the proposed ban on neonicotinoid pesticides and the 'precautionary principle'.
Speech by Sir Mark Walport at the Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP) annual conference.
Sir Mark Walport's first speech as as Government Chief Scientific Advisor on rigour and openness in science.
Hyper-connectivity will have a transforming effect on how we see ourselves and others in the next decade.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Report shows that death and destruction are not the inevitable consequences of natural hazards.
British scientists have identified over 50 new and developing technologies which could generate billions for the economy in the future.
The study sheds new light on technological advances which enable computer algorithms to drive high-speed stock trades.
Computer trading has fundamentally changed the way the financial markets operate and has increased the speed at which trading can occur.
Professor Sir John Beddington responds to the Cabinet Office appointment of Sir Mark Walport as Government Chief Scientific Adviser.
The Cabinet Secretary is pleased to announce the appointment of Sir Mark Walport as the government's new Chief Scientific Adviser.
'Future of identity' will investigate how changes in technology, geo-politics, demographics and economics over the next 10 years might affect notions of identity.
The project will identify actions that could be taken within the next 10 years to reduce the impacts of natural disasters.
A 2-year project will look at the long-term picture for the manufacturing sector, investigating global trends and drivers of change.
The committee discussed a number of areas, exchanging views on science policy and international collaboration.
It also shows that migration can have a transformative role in helping communities adapt to hazardous conditions.
The group will guide the latest Foresight project, 'The future of computer trading in financial markets'.
The report ‘International Dimensions of Climate Change’ shows that the UK will be vulnerable to adverse impacts from climate change abroad.
Letter from the Government Chief Scientific Adviser to Iain Duncan Smith on the classification of chrysotile asbestos.
National Science and Engineering Week runs from the 11 to 20 March.
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