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ViewUK secures access to 5 million doses of US Moderna vaccine

Deal follows efficacy results showing the drug was 95 per cent effective in preventing infection

ViewBiden makes science moves amid hopes for research-friendly reset

Covid-19 advisory board among president-elect’s first post-victory announcements

ViewUS news roundup: 6-12 November

This week: Senate spending bills, support for young researchers and a $95 million gift rejected

ViewCameron and Gates launch £67m initiative to detect early dementia

Former UK PM describes early detection as ‘critical missing piece of the puzzle’

ViewScience and Technology Facilities Council partners with Canada

Collaboration with Foundation of Innovation will enable sharing of information through funders’ online infrastructure portals

ViewUS news roundup: 30 October to 5 November

This week: green energy report suppressed, drop in public R&D spend and more

ViewUS Geological Survey chief embroiled in whistleblower row

Administration defends director after investigation into whistleblower retaliation leads to calls for his dismissal

ViewAAAS reveals lack of gender and ethnic diversity among operations

US science association promises to ‘keep up momentum’ on diversity and inclusion

ViewTwelve universities ‘failed to declare $6.5bn in foreign gifts’

US Department of Education slams universities’ ‘ineffective or nonexistent oversight’ and demands ‘significant culture change’

ViewUS news roundup: 23-29 October

This week: student loan concerns, an integrity consultation and Covid-19 impacts on research

ViewMatt Hancock does not expect Covid-19 vaccine rollout until 2021

But health secretary says government is preparing logistics ahead of vaccine availability

ViewUS news roundup: 16-22 October

This week: US allies join Nasa programme, funding rethink for PLOS journals and more

ViewWhite House circles wagons around 20 ‘critical’ technologies

Trump administration promises whole government will work to protect and grow US technology leadership

ViewEU scrambling to help projects stymied by court data decision

Institutions in Europe ‘lack mechanisms’ to transfer research data to the United States, researchers say

ViewUS news roundup: 9-15 October

This week: scrutiny of government influence on science agencies and a Covid-19 immunology research network

ViewGovernment sues Yale over ‘race discrimination’ in admissions

‘Scores’ of white and Asian American applicants rejected due to policy, US justice department says

ViewSurvey finds US public backs higher tax to support research

R&D gets scant attention in partisan politics despite widespread support, says head of advocacy group

ViewUK researchers to get easier access to publishing in PLOS

Flat-fee agreement allows publishing in Public Library of Science journals without article-processing charges

ViewUK signs agreement with Nasa ahead of moon mission

Science minister says ‘historic’ agreement shows UK’s commitment to strengthening role in global space sector

ViewStudy matches US and UK cities to learn about innovation

City pairs identified to allow UK to learn about US university-centred entrepreneurial ecosystems

ViewEuropean clinical trial numbers lag as China climbs rankings

Pre-pandemic league tables of clinical trial numbers show United States’ dominance

ViewUS news roundup: 2-8 October

This week: international student visas and Covid-19 relief funding

ViewPolicy grandees sound alarm over Chinese challenge to US R&D

Calls for step change in funding as US reaches ‘tipping point’ in global research leadership

ViewDiscoverers of Crispr technique share Nobel chemistry prize

Genome-editing method has ‘enormous power’ and has ‘revolutionised’ basic science, committee says

ViewUK government urged to halt sale of Arm to US tech giant

Poll of IT experts reveals majority believe government should intervene in deal

ViewBlack holes pull more Nobel Prizes to US, UK and Germany

Medals for Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez

ViewTwo US researchers among 2020 winners of Nobel prize in medicine

Prize split between three researchers for discovery of the Hepatitis C virus

ViewHoward Hughes Medical Institute joins Plan S open-access initiative

Initiative reinforced by largest private biomedical research institution in the United States

ViewUS news roundup: 25 September to 1 October

This week: emergency funds needed at the NSF, foreign interference, Nasa returns and more

ViewDemocrats demand action on interference at science agencies

Moves to beef up scrutiny of Covid-19 response follow alarm over allegations of political meddling