All North America articles – Page 17
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NewsConcern over vetting of US science grants by political appointee
National Academies speak out after news of Interior Department’s policy on grants worth more than $50,000 emerges
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BusinessNon-profit generic drug company created
Intermountain Healthcare is leading an effort in the US to prevent drug shortages and end their skyrocketing prices
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NewsAlarm sounded over three organophosphate pesticides
US fisheries agency concludes that chlorpyrifos, diazinon and malathion are highly toxic
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PodcastMethaemoglobin and diaphorase 1
Kat Arney discovers the biological chemistry behind a colourful blood disorder
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NewsAmerica’s new tax law hits research universities
Warnings that taxing endowments of top universities under the overhauled tax code will threaten research
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NewsNIH resumes funding for research to create more dangerous pathogens
US biomedical agency lifts three-year-old funding freeze on ‘gain-of-function’ studies
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NewsThe latest lethal injection row explained
Two US states plan to use untried drugs to execute prisoners
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NewsEurope snatches laser lead from the US
The rise in high-intensity laser research in Europe has been ‘stunning, coordinated, and rapid’ over the last 20 years
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BusinessNova Chemicals expands in Canada
Company to spend over C$2 billion growing its steam cracker by 50% and building a new polyethylene facility
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OpinionA blueprint for colour-blind science
The US political climate is hostile to people of colour – but progress has been stagnant for decades
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NewsUS–Cuba diplomatic deterioration damaging scientific collaboration
Restrictions on travel and diplomatic tensions are harming free exchange of ideas
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OpinionGeri Richmond: 'I was hesitant to use creativity in science'
Geri Richmond on motherhood, office space and funky chickens
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NewsSenate eliminates EPA chemical risk assessment programme
EPA Integrated Risk Information System will dissolve if Senate spending bill is enacted
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NewsChemical plants urged to revise emergency plans
US chemical safety agency says the Arkema disaster caused by hurricane Harvey should serve as a warning to other companies
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NewsRepublican tax bill backed by industry but not science
Chemical industry says tax overhaul will be fairer, but science groups warn that it will harm research
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BusinessChina moves in on US shale gas
Alaska and West Virginia have welcomed investment from Chinese entities to develop US shale resources
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NewsTrump’s pick for agriculture chief scientist bows out
Sam Clovis, the nominee for the US agriculture department’s head scientist post, withdraws to the relief of scientists and science groups
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NewsEPA bans grantees from providing science advice
US science community and Congress unite to attack policy that prohibits many academic researchers serving on advisory committees
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NewsUS universities told to sort out postdoc job titles chaos
A range of job titles leave postdocs with varying salaries, benefits and training plans
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NewsWhite House urged to consider climate change consequences
Weather events may have cost the US federal government over $350 billion