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A new development came last week in the saga over JET. Chris Sherwell reports

The UK government last week published a White Paper (Cmnd. 6820) in response to the Flowers Commission report on nuclear power and the environment. Chris Sherwell reports

An optimistic assessment of the radiological consequences of disposing of solid high-level radioactive waste on the ocean floor is published this week. Chris Sherwell reports

The European Science Foundation's general assembly heard of progress last week in controlling genetic manipulation experiments. Chris Sherwell reports from Strasbourg

The EEC's Council of Research Ministers met in Brussels last week to discuss once again the Joint European Torus (JET), the Community's fusion project, and the research programme for the Community's Joint Research Centre (JRC). Chris Sherwell reports

The UK Social Research Council (SSRC) has approved a grant application from the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) of the University of Sussex to assess the criteria used by the Science Research Council (SRC) for capital projects in basic science. Chris Sherwell reports.

Years of hitherto unsuccessful effort in the US Congress have culminated in a bill providing for an increase in research on earthquakes. Chris Sherwell reports from Washington

Chris Sherwell reports on latest developments in Britain's nuclear power debate, now picking up again

The UK Medical Research Council (MRC) published its latest annual report earlier this week. Chris Sherwell reports

Locust swarms are spreading in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian peninsula. Chris Sherwell reports.

In the continuing debate over Britain's energy policy there is still no shortage of information being published. Chris Sherwell reports

Britain moved another step in its efforts to implement a broad national energy policy with the announcement last week of a programme supporting the exploitation of solar power. Chris Sherwell reports

Details of Britain's Science Budget, were disclosed last week. Chris Sherwell reports

At the end of last month, just days after Iran had confirmed that she is to buy two nuclear reactors from France, a French consortium unexpectedly won the lucrative contract to supply two nuclear reactors to South Africa. Chris Sherwell reports

No development connected with the Windscale plant operated by British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL) now escapes national headlines. Chris Sherwell outlines some of the latest problems

The European Commission recently unveiled proposals for a Community science policy. Progress towards the aim of a common approach, reports Chris Sherwell, may prove to be more pedestrian than the enthusiasts are prepared to admit.

Chris Sherwell sees the Smithsonian's latest spectacle in Washington, the National Air and Space Museum

Chris Sherwell, recently at NATO, looks at the alliance's science programme

The Imperial Cancer Research Fund has announced a new director for its research laboratories. Chris Sherwell reports

A UK parliamentary committee last week published a 96-page report on university-industry relations. Chris Sherwell reports on the various institutional proposals of what could become a controversial document

Chris Sherwell on Professor Geoffrey Allen

The development of a comprehensive UK energy policy has come in for further analysis in the past week. Chris Sherwell reports

Chris Sherwell on sir Hermann Bondi

Chris Sherwell looks at the immediate prospects for European energy policy with Britain in the Council chair

At the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament (CCD) in Geneva, Britain last week tabled a draft convention on the prohibition and destruction of chemical weapons to complement the 1925 protocol banning their use in war. Chris Sherwell reports

Chris Sherwell reports on a study of man's involvement in the spreading desert

The Windscale inquiry opened in Whitehaven, Cumbria, last week. Chris Sherwell reports

The Uranium Institute held its second annual meeting in London last week. Chris Sherwell reports

The delays experienced by the EEC's Joint European Torus (JET) fusion project are over. Chris Sherwell reports

The UK Government has published details of its proposed expenditure plans for the next few years and its Defence Estimates for 1977. Chris Sherwell reports

A long-awaited report on the environmental effects of halocarbons was published in the United States last week. Colin Norman and Chris Sherwell report from Washington.

In an embarrassing and controversial decision, the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) last week agreed to “run down” its Demyelinating Diseases Unit in Newcastle. Chris Sherwell reports

Chris Sherwell reports on a European science policy symposium held in Brussels last week

Developments on the British energy front are fast and furious, with nuclear power capturing most attention. Chris Sherwell reports.

The EEC Council of Energy Ministers and Council of Environment Ministers both met in Luxembourg last week. Patricia Kelly and Chris Sherwell report

The Labour Party last week unveiled its discussion document on state participation in Britain's Pharmaceuticals industry. At least one argument adduced, concerning research, is likely to be disputed. Chris Sherwell reports

Chris Sherwell reports on the latest developments on the European Community's research front

The UK Science Research Council (SRC) published its latest annual report last week. Chris Sherwell outlines some of the difficulties

The Council of Foreign Ministers of the European Economic Community (EEC) met in Brussels last week. Down for decision was the disputed site of the Community's fusion project, the Joint European Torus (JET). Chris Sherwell reports

The debate prompted by genetic manipulation developments is intensifying in Europe. Chris Sherwell reports