Researchers rally to save primate pioneer's station

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Almost 300 scientists and historians from all over the world have joined an international effort to save the remains of the primate research station in Tenerife, Canary Islands. The station is in danger of being demolished for the construction of a housing complex, despite being marked as a site of historical importance by the council of Tenerife, in 1994. The anthropoid research station was established in 1913 by Wolfang Kohler and was sponsored by the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences.

Historic sites, Canary Islands, Biological stations, Biological research stations

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Call for UK genetics food watchdog

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The Royal Society is calling on the British government to establish a regulatory body covering the development of genetically modified foods. It also wants to stop the use of antibiotic-resistance marker genes in genetically modified food products. The society's report is generally enthusiastic about the potential of genetic modification, but voices concerns about the lack of coordinated regulations. Currently all regulations are set and monitored by different government departments.

Reports, Food, Genetic aspects, Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge

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UK nuclear physicists set to lose their privileged funding status

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Nuclear physicists in the UK will lose their protected status within the science budget following proposes by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). They will have to compete for funds together with other physics disciplines and applications will be assessed by a general panel of EPSRC physicists.

Finance, Nuclear physics

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