All North America articles – Page 14
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NewsMore tumult at America’s chemical safety agency
The final act of US Chemical Safety Board’s departing chairwoman was to fire its managing director, who’d been on paid leave for three years
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NewsSupreme court rules Trump’s travel ban can stand
Upholding of immigration order worries research universities and science groups
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NewsNational Academies warn of synthetic biology dangers
Promise for treating diseases and making chemicals offset by fears the field could also spawn new weapons, US committee warns
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NewsLandmark report calls on US universities to take action on sexual harassment
National Academies says harassment should treated at least as seriously as research misconduct
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NewsHarvard and Google team up to take on harmful construction chemicals
New centre is working with Google and others to reduce the use of chemicals linked to health and environmental problems
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BusinessUS sanctions threaten Iran–Europe petrochemical ties
Companies review their options after Trump administration’s withdrawal from nuclear deal
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NewsClaims of spike in US animal testing for new chemicals disputed
Animal rights groups find that Environmental Protection Agency animal tests jumped nine-fold
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BusinessUS senators launch probe of Novartis’ payments to Trump lawyer
Congress demands info from Novartis about its $1.2m in outflows to Michael Cohen, just as it was negotiating payments for its cancer drug
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NewsHawaii set for first ever ban on two sunscreen ingredients
Coral protection bill that bans sunscreens with oxybenzone and octinoxate expected to be signed into law shortly
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NewsEvidence of gender bias found in peer review
Men were more likely to secure health research grants than women in Canadian study
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NewsChemistry professor freed but still faces deportation from US
Bangladeshi chemistry instructor who spent almost two months in jail for overstaying his US visa now awaits a final deportation decision
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NewsMardi Grass
The cannabis chemistry subdivision of the American Chemical Society takes to the streets of New Orleans
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BusinessChemicals caught in the middle as tariffs loom
America’s chemicals and plastics industry stands to lose $5bn if US–China dispute escalates
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NewsChaos at US government’s research integrity office
The dramatic drop in misconduct findings from the Office of Research Integrity in the last two years has been blamed on turmoil at the agency
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NewsFallout from rogue US forensic chemist continues
Massachusetts’ highest court has dismissed more than 11,000 drug convictions due to serious misconduct by a drug lab chemist
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NewsProtein chemist barred from US government funding for a decade
Former University of Alabama researcher found guilty of falsifying x-ray crystallographic data more than 10 years after red flags first raised
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OpinionJames Smithson: a lordly legacy
The chemist who established the world’s largest centre for science
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NewsCheap airfares fuel scientific partnerships
Chemistry collaborations jump 36% when US discount airline establishes a new route, international team finds
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CareersHow to work in another country
Five tips for getting the most out of moving to a lab in a new land