All United States of America articles
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BusinessTrump’s new tariffs threaten the chemicals sector
Broad and high tariffs could mean severe job losses and supply chain disruption for chemistry-using industries
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Opinion‘Real danger in this moment’ for America’s research enterprise
There are stark warnings for the US amid science agency cuts, terminated research grants and detained graduate students
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News‘A battle of the scientific experts’: PFAS research at centre of Texas farms lawsuit contested
Company whose fertiliser was blamed for livestock deaths shares analysis it says proves its product wasn’t to blame
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NewsScience silenced? Leaked EPA plan would dissolve its scientific research arm
Proposal would see 50–75% of employees fired and the rest potentially relocated
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NewsEurope offers refuge to America’s researchers
Schemes seek to attract top scientific talent from the US as Trump cuts research funding, attacks universities
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BusinessBayer ordered to pay more than $2 billion to US cancer victim
Jury decided glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide caused cancer, but company will appeal
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NewsNIH sparks concern by singling out mRNA vaccine research for added scrutiny
The Department of Health and Human Services denies mRNA research faces defunding but scientists are still worried
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NewsBill to ban all Chinese nationals from receiving US student visas causes alarm
Legislation’s sponsor claims it will prevent espionage, but there are warnings it will harm US competitiveness
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NewsFears China, Russia are trying to poach fired US government scientists
America’s rivals are trying to capitalise on what they see as a ‘vulnerable’ moment of mass federal layoffs at science agencies
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BusinessUS drops chloroprene emissions lawsuit against Denka
Government says lawsuit stretched legal definitions in pursuit of ‘environmental justice’
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NewsNIH plan to centralise peer review could mean ‘substantial loss of expertise’
Agency says move will save money and reduce bias, but researchers are concerned about associated staff reductions
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NewsAmerican Chemical Society diversity programme comes under attack
Lawsuit argues that ACS’ Scholars Program discriminates against white and Asian applicants
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus five years on: Krystle McLaughlin
An assistant chemistry professor at a small college in New York gets her career back on track, thanks to a tenure clock extension and teaching release
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NewsUniversity of Akron proposes merging chemistry-related programmes
Plan to combine polymer science with chemical engineering and chemistry departments provokes criticism
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OpinionSpeaking up for science is not partisan politics
The case for supporting science is clear cut
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NewsLast time Congress saved science from Trump’s cuts. Don’t bet on it this time
Trump administration has taken charge of the purse strings
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NewsTrump’s former science adviser urges universities to seize moment for regulatory reform
White House is ‘very keen’ on rolling back administrative workload and that could serve researchers well, Kelvin Droegemeier claims
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NewsAAAS leadership speaks out against Trump administration’s attacks on science
President of world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society warns that next month could be most important in history of US science
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NewsPFAS in fertilisers blamed for killing livestock in Texas and wreaking havoc
Exceptionally high levels of ‘forever chemicals’ discovered in soil, water and dead animals
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OpinionScientific institutions have a long history of anticipatory obedience
Societies should learn from this and speak up to support inclusion