All United States of America articles – Page 16
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NewsChaos at US government’s research integrity office
The dramatic drop in misconduct findings from the Office of Research Integrity in the last two years has been blamed on turmoil at the agency
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NewsFallout from rogue US forensic chemist continues
Massachusetts’ highest court has dismissed more than 11,000 drug convictions due to serious misconduct by a drug lab chemist
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NewsProtein chemist barred from US government funding for a decade
Former University of Alabama researcher found guilty of falsifying x-ray crystallographic data more than 10 years after red flags first raised
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OpinionJames Smithson: a lordly legacy
The chemist who established the world’s largest centre for science
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NewsCheap airfares fuel scientific partnerships
Chemistry collaborations jump 36% when US discount airline establishes a new route, international team finds
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CareersHow to work in another country
Five tips for getting the most out of moving to a lab in a new land
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NewsBudget deal forecasts sunnier times for US science
President Trump has signed a spending bill that increases government R&D spending by almost 13%
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FeatureOak Ridge at 75
As Oak Ridge National Laboratory celebrates its 75th anniversary, Kit Chapman visits the birthplace of the atomic age
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NewsLeaky pipeline for LGBQ university students on science and engineering degrees
US students who identify as LGBQ are 8% less likely than their heterosexual peers to finish Stem courses
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BusinessUS steel and aluminium tariffs threaten chemical and plastics sectors
Trump administration to levy 25% tariff on steel and 10% on aluminium
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NewsUS imposes further sanctions on North Korea for VX assassination
State Department confirms North Korea used lethal nerve agent to kill the half-brother of Kim Jong-un
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BusinessDowDupont names its three new separate businesses
Corteva Agriscience, Dow and DuPont will be what DowDuPont calls the three independent companies it will spin-off by June 2019
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News#UsToo movement targets sexual harassment in science
US scientific societies rewrite policies to clamp down on sexual harassment
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BusinessTakata settles with US states over faulty airbag inflators
States will forgo the $650m civil penalty in favour of victims
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News3M pays $850 million to settle drinking water contamination lawsuit
Legal dispute between Minnesota and 3M over perfluorinated compounds ends as company agrees to pay remediation costs
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NewsFormer US Chemical Safety Board chairman won’t be prosecuted
Justice Department has dropped a perjury case against Rafael Moure-Eraso
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ResearchHousehold chemicals contribute as much as vehicles to urban emissions
Air pollution study finds VOC emissions from everyday products have been hugely underestimated
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NewsAmerica’s largest scientific society gets tough on Trump
‘It is terrifying that our government is operating without the advice of scientists,’ the AAAS president tells the group’s annual meeting
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PodcastTennessine
Three Tennessee institutions contributed to the discovery of element 117, now fittingly named tennessine