All North America articles – Page 6
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ResearchUncovering new transformations by using electricity as a reagent
Song Lin explains the power of electrochemistry and how he fosters an inclusive environment for his research group
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NewsUS professor with China ties jailed for lying on grant applications
Ex-Ohio State researcher sentenced to 37 months in prison and must pay $3.4 million back to a federal agency
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NewsProminent US chemical engineer leaves post amid allegations of image irregularities
69 studies have been flagged on PubPeer
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NewsUS chemical industry spent $61M to fend off PFAS regulations
Campaign finance records show how chemicals producers lobby against policies aimed to regulate persistent PFAS pollutants
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NewsPhysical chemist tapped to head chemical safety at US environment agency
Biden nominates Michal Freedhoff who has spent decades on Capitol Hill on chemical regulation
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NewsUS food agency targets ‘toxic elements’ in baby food
Strategy will focus on lead, mercury, arsenic and cadmium
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NewsBiden’s science budget for 2022 pleases US research community
White House requests big funding increases for research agencies
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ResearchCase closed on decades old mystery of American bald eagle deaths
Invasive plant and cyanobacterium join up to form a deadly duo that have been killing US wildlife
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ResearchPointing the tools of atmospheric chemistry inside
US team monitoring air quality in an on-campus gym detects chemicals in the air that come from cleaning products reacting with sweat
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NewsDozens of leading scientists speak up for Harvard chemist Charles Lieber
Nobel laureates and other preeminent researchers urge the US Department of Justice to drop its case against him
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OpinionVolunteers are keeping a vigilant eye on volcanoes in the West Indies
Community monitoring of seismic activity
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NewsPrinceton fined for export violations involving controlled pathogens
37 violations relate to exporting strains and recombinants of animal pathogen to foreign research facilities
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BusinessPolar storm paralyses US Gulf Coast petrochemical sector
Days after ‘icepocalypse’ hit Texas, 75% of US ethylene capacity was still offline, as was 70% of its polypropylene and 40% of propylene production
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NewsBrutal winter storm freezes Texas chemists’ research
Extreme cold in Texas has burst pipes and flooded labs at several universities
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NewsEnvironmental Protection Agency haemorrhaged scientific expertise under Trump
More than 670 scientific posts were lost at the EPA over Donald Trump’s tenure including chemists, chemical engineers and microbiologists
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NewsFlorida drinking water plant hack briefly raised sodium hydroxide levels 100-fold
Security breach reveals industrial facilities’ control system vulnerabilities as remote work is normalised during the pandemic
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ResearchLinking chemistry with surgery to detect cancerous cells in situ
Livia Schiavinato Eberlin explains how her team has developed a hand-held device for surgeons that analyses tissue samples on a mass spectrometer mid-operation
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OpinionObserving the state’s transition
Sweeping changes on both sides of the Atlantic have yet to deliver on their promises
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NewsMIT faculty rally around colleague arrested for Chinese government links
Letter to university’s president signed by 170 faculty members debunks charges against nanotechnologist Gang Chen
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BusinessDuPont and spinoffs reach $4bn settlement to resolve PFAS liability issues
DuPont, Chemours and Corteva have also reached an $83mn agreement to settle 95 pending personal injury cases in Ohio related to PFAS