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Watson to drive strategy at UK Energy Research Centre

Professor Jim Watson has been appointed to the post of Research Director of the UK Energy Research Centre.

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New research and development will stimulate water industry innovation

Grants totalling over £2.5m have been awarded for seven major collaborative research and development projects that aim to deliver innovation to help safeguard future water supplies.

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Combined pesticide exposure linked to impaired bumblebee colony success

Individual bees and entire colonies are affected by exposure to a combination of pesticides, new research shows.

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NERC success rates published

The NERC organisational and departmental success rates for 2011-12 are now available.

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NERC Council - Membership vacancies

NERC Council are currently seeking applications from suitably qualified academics and experienced individuals from the industrial/commercial sector to fill a number of vacancies for part-time membership.

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Council consideration of the proposal to merge BAS and NOC

NERC Council will meet on 1 November 2012 to discuss the proposed merger of the British Antarctic Survey and the National Oceanography Centre, taking account of the outcome of the recent consultation.

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Outcome of NERC Council meeting to consider proposal to merge BAS and NOC

NERC Council announces the outcome of its meeting on 1 November 2012 to consider the proposal to merge the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and National Oceanography Centre (NOC).

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Win-win for Cornish farmers and South West Water in first auction to reduce...

Farmers with land close to the River Fowey in Cornwall are getting a helping hand from South West Water to make improvements to their farms that in turn will help reduce pollutants seeping into the river.

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New publication highlights best practice for citizen science projects

A new practical guide to developing, implementing and evaluating citizen science projects to monitor the environment has been produced by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the Natural History...

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NERC-funded researchers win Lloyd's Science of Risk Prizes

Environmental scientists scoop top prize for Climate Change and Natural Hazards categories.

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NERC / BBSRC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Innovation Club - Industry...

This workshop in London on 20 February 2013 will help develop an industry-led collaborative research and knowledge translation programme to address key challenges surrounding sustainable agriculture.

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Top conservation issues to look out for in 2013

A UK-led team of researchers has identified 15 issues that could affect the diversity of life on Earth in 2013.

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New genetics project could help save the ash tree

NERC-funded scientists plan to decode the ash tree's entire genetic sequence in the hope of stopping Britain's trees from being completely devastated by the Chalara ash dieback fungal disease.

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NERC seeks new Director for BAS

NERC is looking for a new BAS director; full details are available on the BAS Director website.

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Antarctic lake mission called off

In the early hours of Christmas Day Professor Martin Siegert of the Subglacial Lake Ellsworth experiment confirmed that the mission to drill into the lake has been called off for this season.

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Watson to drive strategy at UK Energy Research Centre

Professor Jim Watson has been appointed to the post of Research Director of the UK Energy Research Centre.

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New research and development will stimulate water industry innovation

Grants totalling over £2.5m have been awarded for seven major collaborative research and development projects that aim to deliver innovation to help safeguard future water supplies.

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Combined pesticide exposure linked to impaired bumblebee colony success

Individual bees and entire colonies are affected by exposure to a combination of pesticides, new research shows.

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NERC success rates published

The NERC organisational and departmental success rates for 2011-12 are now available.

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NERC Council - Membership vacancies

NERC Council are currently seeking applications from suitably qualified academics and experienced individuals from the industrial/commercial sector to fill a number of vacancies for part-time membership.

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