The Korean Ministry of Justice plans to introduce a bill this year in the National Assembly requiring the collection of DNA from convicted felons. The bill would also require that DNA samples from suspects accused of crimes in 11 categories, including murder and robbery, be collected. Source: The Korea Times
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to loans totaling €885 million ($1.2 billion) for Turkey. The Turkish government will receive €335 million for 2009–2010 to help finance R&D at the nation’s 15 leading public universities. The funding will also be used to purchase scientific instruments for the universities. Small- and medium-sized enterprises in the […]
Science and technology (S&T) funding in Japan’s fiscal 2009 economic stimulus package totaled ¥1,346.5 billion ($13.5 billion), approximately 10% of the stimulus package. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) received 49% of the funding. Of this amount, ¥300 billion will be allocated to a special fund run by the Japan Society […]
The six nations that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates) have formed a food safety and risk authority to evaluate and monitor health risks for food, animal and plant products using scientific data. The authority will work with risk management and food safety bodies in […]
Earlier this month, Germany approved €18 billion ($25 billion) in new funding for research and higher education. The Excellence Initiative received €2.7 billion over nine years. First formed in 2006, the Excellence Initiative was created to develop internationally recognized German universities and currently includes eight schools. The second phase of the country’s Higher Education Pact, […]
The European Commission has adopted specific rules for active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. The rules apply to substances that are part of a separate container or are directly incorporated into packaging material. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will carry out the safety assessment of the substance […]
On June 1, China’s new Food Safety Law took effect, replacing the Food Hygiene Law. The law implements stricter standards and supervision for food safety, as well as aims to improve government efficiency. The Ministry of Health, the lead regulator, has drafted three supplemental regulations for standards, new products and safety risks. To monitor standards […]
As part of its latest budget, the Australian government has announced a four-year, AUD 5.7 billion ($4.41 billion) investment in R&D. The Education Investment Fund (EIF) will receive AUD 3 billion for university research and infrastructure. In the EIF’s first two rounds, 31 projects costing AUD 934 have been accepted. Round two of funding includes […]
France’s new nanotechnology program, Nano-INNOV, will receive €70 million ($98 million) in funding, including €46 million to support the construction of a research center in Saclay science park. Construction, which will begin by year end, is expected to be expedited because the new lab will be built using the design of existing labs. Nano-INNOV will […]
To combat the effects of the global economic climate, China’s cabinet recently approved CNY62.8 billion ($9.2 billion) in funding for 11 research programs in national public and private institutions, including universities and small businesses. Areas of focus include energy, agriculture and pharmaceuticals. Among the projects are the development of water pollution treatment technology, new drugs […]
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