All North America articles – Page 23
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Business
Trump names Dow Chief to head US manufacturing council
US president-elect appoints Andrew Liveris, despite lacking appropriate authority
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News
Big budget boost for US medical research
Cancer, precision medicine and health research receive funding boost in bill derided by some as a giveaway for pharma
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Business
Boehringer Ingelheim sheds more jobs in the US
Over 240 staff to go as company refocuses on immuno-oncology
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News
Canada’s triclosan verdict runs counter to US ban
Antibacterial agent can still be used in soaps but a government agency also concluded that it is toxic to aquatic life
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Business
Chemical plant workers’ month-long strike
Momentive Performance Materials has drafted temporary contractors in dispute over benefits
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News
US budgets may remain frozen, harming science agencies
Congress might punt funding decisions for 2017 into the new year, worrying the science community
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Feature
What it takes to make a new element
Yuri Oganessian tells us how nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson were made
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News
Health agency calls for ban on neonicotinoid in Canada
Government body reports imidacloprid poses a threat to marine insects and soil-dwelling organisms
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News
Overtime pay for US postdocs may not materialise
Federal judge rules against controversial overtime provision law
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News
Homeopathic ‘medicines’ will have to state they don’t work
US trade agency will require packaging and adverts to state there is no scientific evidence to back up claims of efficacy
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News
US universities face continued federal R&D funding fall
Federal support for higher education R&D in America has dropped 13% since fiscal year 2011
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Opinion
Uncertainty around Trump presidency is harmful to industry
Uncertainty is anathema to industry. Trump and Brexit are frustrations, but the wheels do not stop.
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News
Trump’s election sparks anxiety among scientists
Research community fears a Trump presidency will harm US science, but the biotech and pharma industry are more upbeat
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Opinion
Why Donald Trump will be a disaster for US science
The best hope for the world is that the president-elect was lying about his policies
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Careers
The cannabis consultant
Ezra Pryor shares how chemists can find a job in the expanding legal cannabis industry in the US
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Business
US extends permission for combination pesticide
EPA finds no synergy concerns with Dow’s Enlist Duo and reverses restrictions on its approval
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News
Chemical industry applauds passage of EU–Canada trade deal
Long-awaited Ceta free trade agreement will be good news for the chemical industry in both regions
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News
The patriotic chemist
Northwestern University’s Omar Farha, who hails from the West Bank, is all about MOFs and keeping America’s scientific community inclusive