All articles by Rebecca Trager – Page 28
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Lee Cronin
A University of Glasgow chemist finds that it’s no easy task to maintain a research group of about 70 during a pandemic that’s closed your lab
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Carolina Proaño
An Ecuadorian researcher has converted her lab to run the first Covid-19 tests in the Amazon
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NewsNobel laureates lead revolt after US–China coronavirus grant cancellation
Nearly 80 US Nobel laureates and 30 scientific organisations criticise sudden termination of joint research with Wuhan Institute of Virology
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Krystle McLaughlin
A young chemistry professor in New York is trying to gain back lost research time and will likely request to add a year to her tenure clock
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BusinessHow Covid-19 is changing drug manufacturing
Catalent is adapting, focusing on employee safety and supply chain security
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Graham Dawson
The ups and downs of reopening a Chinese university and its research labs after prolonged closure
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NewsUS researcher faces up to 20 years in prison for hiding China ties
University of Arkansas engineering professor accused of fraud for failing to disclose connections to Chinese government and companies
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Jose Mascareñas
As Spain begins lifting its lockdown, a key chemist at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia worries about the future
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NewsCovid-19 wreaks havoc on US universities leaving their finances in disarray
The pandemic has led to S&P Global slashing the outlook for 127 US colleges and universities
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NewsRice University settles grant misuse claims for $3.7 million
US Justice Department accused university of improperly charging graduate student stipends, tuition remission and more to NSF awards for 12 years
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: James Canary
The chair of NYU’s chemistry department says research is ‘completely interrupted’ in his lab and his senior graduate student is stuck in China
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NewsSurvey of US government scientists reveals politicisation worries under Trump
Political appointees and business influence blamed for damaging agencies’ ability to make science-based decisions
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NewsUS funder ends coronavirus research with Wuhan lab amid political pressure
National Institutes of Health cancels joint grant with Wuhan Institute of Virology
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: James Keeler
The head of Cambridge’s chemistry department says its research has been ‘mothballed’, and he worries about lost productivity
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NewsScholarly publishers join forces to fast-track Covid-19 studies
Researchers asked to volunteer as ‘rapid reviewers’ for coronavirus manuscripts, and over 1000 have already answered the call
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OpinionRita Colwell: ‘Pseudoscience is almost like a disease’
The former director of the US National Science Foundation on persevering and flourishing as a woman in science
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Sarah Reisman
Work hasn’t slowed for the head of a Caltech synthetic organic chemistry lab, but now she’s doing it from home with her two young children
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Liang Zhang
Everything changed for a young chemist in Shanghai when Covid-19 hit while he was away visiting family to celebrate the Chinese New Year
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Akash Deep Biswas
A young computational chemist from India, working to finish his PhD in Italy, is getting media attention for his social action during the pandemic
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NewsEnvironment agency scraps limits on mercury from US coal power plants
Public health benefits of restricting emissions of the heavy metal will no longer be taken into account