All articles by Rebecca Trager – Page 57
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NewsThe huge impact of ‘mini-brains’
‘Mini-brains’ created by Johns Hopkins researchers in the US could revolutionise how drugs and compounds are tested for safety and effectiveness
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News‘Map’ of chemical landscape could cut animal testing
Searchable database of 10,000 chemicals could help to create safety profiles for untested compounds
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NewsWhite House science chief, agency heads sound alarm on funding
Obama’s science adviser joined directors at other funding bodies to call for the US to commit more of its GDP to R&D
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NewsScientific advances should be considered when updating US chemicals law
Experts say new tools could cut animals tests, costs when updating 40-year old law
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NewsSexism cases ‘tip of the iceberg’, says head of US science organisation
More must be done to combat harassment in science, according to outgoing AAAS president Geraldine Richmond
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NewsDoubts raised about key BPA substitute
Mounting research suggests a favoured bisphenol A replacement has similar biological effects and may be no safer
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ResearchAn energetic chemist
University of Waterloo’s Linda Nazar has spent the last two decades moving beyond lithium-ion batteries to cheaper, higher energy density storage
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NewsSexual harassment prompts research funders and government to act in US
Funding agencies take a stand against harassment in academic research, amid congressional pressure
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Business
Seed secrets thief jailed
Chinese born US citizen pleads guilty to conspiring to steal trade secrets from DuPont Pioneer and Monsanto
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NewsChina’s science enterprise challenging US leadership
40% of the world’s R&D is now carried out in south-east, south and east Asia
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BusinessGSK scientists indicted for trade secret theft
Two researchers accused of passing research data and manufacturing details to Chinese firm
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NewsGreen chemistry hindered by lack of toxicology training
Leaders in the field condemn the lack of toxicology education for chemistry undergraduate and PhD students
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NewsObama kicks off new initiative to cure cancer
White House launches ‘moonshot’ effort to fight cancer and break down ‘silos’
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ResearchBoron nitride nanotube composites outperform their carbon cousins
Binding strengths of polymer–boron nitride nanotubes are higher than those reported for carbon nanotubes
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Business
ChemChina buys German machinery maker
Plastics and rubber equipment manufacturer KraussMaffei Group will retain German headquarters after €1bn deal
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NewsGlobal mercury treaty benefits US more than domestic action
Minamata Convention would lower mercury exposure 91% by 2050, compared to 32% for US’s own policies
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Business
Monsanto adds 1000 to job cut tally
Cost reduction plan brings cuts up to 16% of global workforce by the end of 2018
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BusinessDuPont cuts go deep in Delaware
Following its merger with Dow, DuPont will terminate 1700 positions in Delaware, US, as part of a cost-cutting drive
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BusinessShale feeds US methanol boom
US will become a net exporter as new plants come online, with extra production absorbed by growth in China