All articles by Rebecca Trager – Page 30
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NewsWhite House science adviser taking practical line on espionage at universities
Fears over intellectual property theft have flourished in the US amid news that Harvard, Yale and MIT failed to report billions in foreign research support
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News‘Culture change’ needed in US to increase number of women in science and engineering
National Academies report urges universities and research funding agencies to update their policies to improve recruitment, retention and advancement of women
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OpinionNow’s not the time to tiptoe around the issues on science and immigration
It’s time to speak out amid increasing nationalism, as science is a global and collaborative enterprise
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NewsModern dance about zebrafish brains wins 12th Dance your PhD prize
Annual award challenges scientists to communicate their doctoral research using interpretive dance
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NewsOpen data and genomics are at the forefront in battle to control coronavirus
Efforts to tackle the virus have seen unprecedented cross-border collaboration
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NewsIndustry and academic chemistry titan John Cadogan dies
Past president of the Royal Society of Chemistry passes away aged 89
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NewsTrump proposes slashing basic and applied research by 9.1% in budget
White House requests big cuts to US science agencies but Congress is unlikely to back them
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Research‘Chemical ear defenders’ could prevent hearing loss
Discovery of receptor connected to hearing loss has led to a chemical compound that can protect the neuromechanical machinery in mice’s ears
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NewsMost major journals’ peer review and preprint policies are unclear
Roughly one-third of 171 top academic journals surveyed offer no info on the type of peer review they use, and 40% have ambiguous preprint rules
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NewsTrump pressed by Nobel laureates to make US-funded research available for free
White House proposal for free and immediate access to taxpayer-funded research currently appears to be stalled
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Business3M slashes 1500 jobs globally
Reduction adds to 2000 layoffs announced in April, and is intended to save the company $110–120 million annually
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ResearchTweaking honey bee bacteria to fight colony collapse disorder
Genetically altered strains of bacteria from honey bee guts can fight virus and mites that threaten this population
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CareersPostdoc employment status varies widely
Researchers are vulnerable to financial instability and issues with healthcare
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NewsSunscreen chemicals absorbed into skin at rates that require further safety tests
US drug safety body finds six common sunscreen ingredients enter bloodstream rapidly
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NewsHarvard’s chemistry head charged with fraud for hiding ties to Chinese institute
Nanoscience pioneer Charles Lieber faces up to five years in jail for failing to disclose millions in funding from China to US funding agencies
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ResearchFour chemical classes cost US public 270 million IQ points over 15 years
Flame retardants and pesticides linked to over a million intellectual disability cases between 2001 and 2016
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NewsTheft of universities’ secrets fuels US crackdown on Chinese talent programmes
Government worries that national labs and universities are complacent about the threat to intellectual property
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NewsPlane shot down by Iran had dozens of Canadian scientists on board
Canadian academic community mourns the deaths of students and colleagues
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NewsEurope sets its sights on non-stick and stain-resistant perfluorinated chemicals
EU plans to regulate these compounds as a single class, as action on them stalls in the US
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NewsStar Chinese scientist and assistant jailed for embezzling research funds
Top researcher gets 12 years in prison for routing £3.8 million in government grants to companies he controlled