East Palestine derailment

Rail company will pay $600 million to settle East Palestine lawsuits

2024-04-12T13:30:00+01:00

Norfolk Southern reaches agreement to resolve litigation related to last year’s train derailment that spilled hazardous chemical cargo

Drinking water

US finally gets nationwide regulation of PFAS in drinking water

2024-04-11T14:55:00+01:00

Long-awaited rule is significantly stricter and covers six PFAS, with a five-year phase in for water utilities

Electron microscope

£124 million national electron microscope facility to be constructed in Cheshire

2024-04-11T08:30:00+01:00

tate-of-the-art facility will support researchers aiming to translate chemical understanding into new materials and products

Denka Performance Elastomer Plant

EPA’s clean air rule cuts chemical plant pollution

2024-04-10T13:40:00+01:00

New regulation affects about 200 facilities in the US, reducing emissions of ethylene oxide, chloroprene and three other chemicals

Flying papers

A key chemistry journal disappeared from the web. Others are at risk

2024-04-09T08:30:00+01:00

Japanese scientific society suspends journal publication saying it has ‘completed its role’ 

Petrochemical fire at the Intercontinental Terminals Company in Deer Park, Texas

$6.6 million settlement follows 2019 fire at Texas petrochemical facility

2024-04-08T14:02:00+01:00

Site owner to pay compensation for environmental damage caused by release of hazardous chemicals during days-long fire

People on a protest march holding placards that read Defiance for Science and Scientists Strike Back

US government scientists follow academics in unionising for better conditions

2024-04-05T12:00:00+01:00

California Association of Professional Scientists joins a national trade union to boost bargaining power

Explosion

Six dead in explosion and fire at Indian pharmaceutical plant

2024-04-04T15:23:00+01:00

At least 17 others injured at SB Organics facility near Hyderabad

Firefighting foam

PFAS levels in the environment have been significantly underestimated

2024-04-16T13:30:00+01:00

20 years’ worth of environmental samples reveal up to 80% exceed drinking water standards

Structure

Microscopy structures reveal mechanism behind bitter taste

2024-04-15T13:30:00+01:00

Cryo-EM images provide a detailed picture of bitter taste receptors

Figure

Algorithm designs proteins from scratch that can bind drugs and small molecules

2024-04-12T08:32:00+01:00

Strategy could stop an overdose or produce an antidote to a poison

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