All articles by Rebecca Trager – Page 3
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NewsCaltech gets new theoretical chemistry centre that honours Nobel laureate
Two former chemistry postdocs pledge $30 million to build the Rudy Marcus Center
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NewsChinese-born chemist cleared of last conviction under US’s espionage probe
Court throws out Feng ‘Franklin’ Tao’s final conviction under the now-defunct China Initiative, after five-year legal fight
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NewsRed Sea attacks are reshaping chemical supply chains
High demand and reduced capacity have kept freight prices high
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ResearchAlgorithm predicts bitterness from mass spectra data alone
New tool could find use in food science and drug development
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NewsHead of Japanese research university faces misconduct allegations
Kyoto Institute of Technology’s president under scrutiny over alleged data duplications across 34 research papers
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NewsUS–China tensions appear to be damaging countries’ science, analysis finds
Ethnically Chinese students pursuing PhDs in the US dropped along with productivity of ethnically Chinese scientists
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NewsFDA bans use of brominated vegetable oil in food and drink
Manufacturers have one year to comply as US regulator bans additive over safety concerns
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BusinessInvestigation reveals multiple failures leading to fatal 2022 refinery fire
BP failed to shut down in time after ‘alarm flood’ overwhelmed operators
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BusinessVent and burn in East Palestine train derailment was unnecessary
Safety board investigation confirms faulty wheel bearing caused crash
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OpinionEmmeline Edwards: ‘I connect the dots’
The Haitian-American neurochemist on her journey from Haiti to the US as a teenager, and her journey from chemistry to brain science
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NewsFirst US state bans PFAS, other chemicals from period products
Vermont prohibits PFAS, phthalates, formaldehyde and more with other states pursuing similar restrictions
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NewsGender equality report highlights progress and challenges for women in research
41% of the world’s researchers are female, but women are underrepresented as authors of papers and patents
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BusinessWorkers killed in two US incidents, with several others hospitalised
H2S exposure at a sugar refining plant and a fire at a metal hardening plant each led to one worker death
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NewsEcoHealth Alliance fights back against US government funding suspension
New York-based non-profit will file documents refuting allegations about inadequate oversight of NIH-funded research in China just before the pandemic
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NewsSecond Nobel prize medal for partition chromatography to be auctioned
Richard Synge shared the 1952 chemistry Nobel with Archer Martin, whose medal sold in 2023 for £150,000
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OpinionGregory Robinson: ‘We were members of the last generation to attend segregated schools’
The synthetic inorganic chemist on attending a segregated school in Alabama, balancing football and chemistry, and tennis as a muse
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NewsJavier Milei is proving to be the ‘nightmare’ Argentinian researchers feared
In less than six months, president Milei has demoted the nation’s science ministry and spent only 1% of its S&T budget amid record inflation
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NewsWhat the dichloromethane ban might mean for university labs in the US
The lab use requirements outlined in the agency’s workplace chemical protection plan are impractical for academic institutions, the ACS says
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NewsPeriodic table of food initiative to uncover exactly what’s in our food
Project will create database of food compounds to standardise understanding of biomolecular composition of foods
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NewsChinese scientist who published Sars-CoV-2 genome without approval regains access to lab
Following Zhang Yongzhen and his team’s eviction from their lab, a protest appears to have forced a U-turn from authorities