The election is a high stakes affair for university researchers and science advocates, who overwhelmingly back Biden
Overhaul will improve accuracy and push back how far samples can be dated by 5000 years
Utah state will receive $220 million as part of settlement over 2015 accident that spilled toxic waste into waterways
Black students are only one quarter as likely to study for a PhD than their white counterparts
Ammonium nitrate explosion that killed at least 135 appears to have been caused by poorly-stored cargo from an abandoned vessel
Disagreements over hybrid publishing caused research funder to part ways with coalition
Opioids and benzodiazepines should also be avoided in favour of non-drug therapies for treating chronic pain, recommends UK clinical practice body
New timetable and guidance released following coronavirus shut down
Blue whirl could offer a soot-free way to burn oil spills – if it can be scaled up
Gold alters bond energies to catalyse dissociation reaction
Colour pixels help surgeons differentiate between cancerous and healthy tissue
Jean-Pierre Bourguignon takes the reins after previous head’s acrimonious departure
Welcome to a weird world where reactions that ought to be impossible occur regularly
Cuts prompted by slowdown in high value construction and automotive materials
Judgment retains verdict that Bayer-Monsanto’s herbicide caused US man’s cancer
Mimica’s tactile food labels know better than best-before dates
Proposed reduction attacked as ‘retrograde step’
Intelligence officials warn that Russian hackers are trying to steal intellectual property from UK, US and Canadian organisations working on novel coronavirus vaccines
$5 centrifuge based on children’s toy part of raft of cheap technologies that can detect the virus in saliva in remote locations
Ohio State University immunologist is latest to be swept up in probe into undisclosed foreign funding
Face masks and hand sanitiser the norm as researchers return to work
Research probes scientists’ motives for pursuing commercial projects
After several legal defeats, the EPA has backed down on controversial policy
Deal covers 14 acetyls and aromatics manufacturing plants and 10 joint ventures
Rapidly-deployed methods are saving lives and easing minds
Agreement settles about 75% of Roundup-related cases and resolves PCB and dicamba litigation
