All articles by Rebecca Trager – Page 66
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Research
Flame retardant levels in San Francisco Bay wildlife falls after phase-out
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in cormorants and terns has fallen by 74-93% in a decade
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News
New research productivity metric unveiled
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center team proposes a new bibliometric method to gauge research output of academics
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FBI’s 2001 anthrax investigation was flawed
The genetic testing the FBI relied on to trace the culprit of the anthrax letter attacks was defective, says Congress’ watchdog
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NewsUS research agencies finally learn their fate
The belated new budgets of America’s science agencies are met with a mixed reception
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Chemical facility anti-terrorism laws renewed for four years
Extensions to the legislation are meant to speed up processes and make it more efficient
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NewsUS National Academies urges postdoctoral reforms
Postdoctoral students are paid too little and have poor employment opportunities, a National Academies committee concludes
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NewsCanadian clamp down on mercury
New rules will ban making and importing most mercury-containing products
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Business
Freedom Industries’ president arrested for fraud
Executive whose company leaked MCHM into West Virginian water supplies is charged with lying to deflect blame
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BusinessMerck & Co to buy antibiotics specialist Cubist
Pharma giant remains committed to $9.5bn deal despite key Cubist patents being invalidated by court ruling
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First science envoys announced for the US
Former NOAA chief will serve as one of several top scientists in newly created posts
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NewsMore congressional criticism of US science agency funding
House science committee’s Republican leader accuses NSF of poor stewardship of taxpayer dollars allegedly spent on parties, trips
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Business
Huntsman looks to cut jobs and titania capacity
900 employees face axe as firm evaluates titanium dioxide options
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Research
Chemistry performs better on gender balance in US than other physical science
Representation of women among US chemistry doctoral recipients is nearly 40%
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NewsPhysicist turned politician to head AAAS
Retiring Representative Rush Holt will assume the helm of AAAS in February and wants to see US science funding boosted
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Tufts’ $2.6bn drug development figure questioned
Details sought about how university determined cost of bringing a drug to market jumped 145% since 2003
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Business
DuPont quantifies scale of deadly chemical leak
10.4 tonnes of methyl mercaptan were released in La Porte, US
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NewsUS moves to tighten ozone limits
Industry and Republicans pushback against the EPA’s proposal to strengthen air quality standards
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NewsHard questions after litany of forensic failures at US labs
An apparent upsurge in malpractice at forensics crime labs has prompted calls for tighter oversight and controls
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NewsObama acts to attract non-US scientists and engineers
President takes action to make it easier for scientists and engineers born abroad to work and stay in the US
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Gates Foundation champions open access
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will require research it funds to be published open access from next year