All articles by Rebecca Trager – Page 19
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NewsHarvard chemist Charles Lieber found guilty of all charges related to Chinese research funding
Jury reach verdict on US Department of Justice case against the nanoscience pioneer within three hours
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ResearchMysterious nitrogen ice patterns on Pluto linked to sublimation
Scientists use modelling to show that sublimation of nitrogen ice fuels convection in Pluto’s Sputnik Planitia impact crater by cooling its surface
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BusinessMonsanto agrees $12 million settlement for Hawaii pesticide violations
Bayer-owned firm admits charges relating to use and storage of pesticides on its research farms
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BusinessDeadly incidents at Indian chemicals plants
Five dead and at least 15 injured by explosion and fire at Gujarat Fluorochemicals
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NewsUS National Academies proposes $125 million ocean carbon sequestration effort
Proposed programme would study the potential of various ocean-based carbon dioxide removal strategies to address climate change
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NewsDoes a science postdoc pay off in the US?
Analysis reveals that lifetime earnings are reduced and the chances of securing a tenured post are not improved
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ResearchThe sun may have been the surprising source of Earth’s water
Dust grains pounded by solar wind and then delivered to Earth are a significant source of the planet’s oceans
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NewsNasa makes plans to return to Venus to probe the hellish chemistry of its atmosphere
Probe set to launch in 2029 may be able to establish whether life ever existed there and answer the phosphine question
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NewsBrazil’s science budget is on the brink of being eviscerated
Researchers and science associations in Brazil are working hard to reverse planned cuts of over 90% to the country’s science ministry
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NewsArkansas chemistry professor sentenced for synthesising methamphetamine
One chemistry professor received four month prison sentence for producing the drug in a university lab, while another was acquitted
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PodcastLife as We Made It by Beth Shapiro – Book club
A DNA researcher tells the story of how humans have shaped the evolution of living things on Earth
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NewsUS universities to share sexual harassment findings
By sharing information between them, Association of American Universities’ 66 research institutions want to stop abusers from passing unnoticed between universities
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NewsWorld’s scientific advisers call for action on climate change
Senior science advisers and heads of science academies in over 20 nations urge world governments to accelerate R&D
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NewsLong-anticipated plan to regulate PFAS chemicals unveiled in US
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances face enforceable drinking water limits and require toxicity tests by industry
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BusinessFamilies sue LyondellBasell over fatal chemicals leak
Incident at acetic acid plant in La Porte, US, killed two workers in July
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NewsNew analysis puts more accurate figure on size of last year’s Beirut blast
August 2020 explosion in Lebanon’s capital city had an explosive force of around a kiloton of TNT
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NewsUS programme targeting researchers with China links crumbling under intense scrutiny
Academics are demanding that the Justice Department end the ‘China Initiative’ as cases collapse amid accusations of racial profiling
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BusinessPredicting and preventing production losses with AI
Seebo’s machine learning technology helps chemical manufacturers get deep insight into their processes
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NewsQuotas for women or based on ethnicity ruled out for the Nobel prizes
Head of the body that awards the Nobel calls the small number of females Nobel laureates ‘sad’, but says quotas are the wrong approach
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NewsLongest-serving National Institutes of Health chief, Francis Collins, to step down
Head of $41 billion US biomedical research agency will depart at the end of the year