All United States of America articles – Page 17
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Litany of security breaches at US government science institute revealed
National Institute of Standards and Technology’s security lapses persist, more than two years after illegal meth production was uncovered at one of its sites
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Suppression of academic freedom a ‘global crisis’
Universities around the world under attack as states and groups seek to silence free thought
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Obama era clean power plan to be binned
US environment agency to end dalliance with country’s first limits on carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants
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Trump’s latest immigration edict worries US research community
White House’s updated and expanded rules will harm the US’s scientific enterprise, science advocates and research universities warn
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US university diversity scheme to learn from UK experience
Initiative to be launched next month will support women in science and be broadened to race and beyond
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US rules for ‘dual-use’ research found lacking
Regulations may overlook studies of concern and needlessly hamper other work
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Business
Hurricanes’ chemical consequences
Gulf coast petrochemical plants move to restart operations, while concerns persist about the fallout from hurricane Irma
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Business
FDA warns Pfizer subsidiary over Epipen malfunctions
Manufacturer did not fully investigate reports of patients dying after auto-injector failures
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US chemical assessment programme under fire
Environment agency’s integrated risk information system attacked at congressional hearing
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Business
Eli Lilly to cut 3500 jobs
Company will close sites in US and China, and provide incentives for early retirement
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Research
Subsea oil dispersants a success at Deepwater disaster
Dispersant injection near well head at Gulf of Mexico disaster site cut volatile organic chemical emissions significantly
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What’s happening at the Arkema chemical plant
Why chemicals at the plant devastated by hurricane Harvey have ignited
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AAAS ‘highly concerned’ by Trump’s disregard for science advice
World’s largest scientific society worried by Trump administration’s disbanding of climate assessment advisory panel
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Chemical safety head ‘cautiously optimistic’ her agency will be saved
Chair of the US Chemical Safety Board is hopeful that Congress will stop Trump from dropping it
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White House lays out longer term R&D priorities
Trump administration says military superiority, prosperity, energy dominance and health deserve ‘special focus’ in R&D budgets
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Business
Chemical and pharma bosses quit US manufacturing council
President Trump disbands the group after multiple advisers resign in protest against his stance on racism
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US chemical lobby welcomes congressional probe of cancer research agency
House panel requests an NIH briefing about why it didn’t publish glyphosate study results
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EPA clears chemicals backlog
Mixed reaction to US agency’s announcement that it has ‘eliminated’ the logjam of 600 new chemicals undergoing review
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Business
Genesis Energy to buy alkali business from Tronox
Tronox to spend proceeds on Cristal purchase
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Business
Midwest Fertilizer to build $2.8bn manufacturing plant
Domestic facility will reduce imports