The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, China, killed tens of thousands of people and left millions homeless. About 20,000 deaths -- nearly 30 percent of the total -- resulted not from the ground shaking itself but from the landslides that it triggered.
Plants traits introduced by Crispr gene editing will be subject to the same lengthy regulatory process as 1980s-style genetically modified organisms containing genes from other species, Europe’s highest court rules
German MEP Christian Ehler wants more control over the new European Innovation Council and to boost the budget for research related to creative industries
Call them what you will: change makers, thought leaders, people who get stuff done. This is the Science|Business guide to those with the most influence over the size and shape of the EU’s next research programme
The Estonian genome project will provide personal feedback on the genetic information of a third of the population, laying the foundations for personalised medicine
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