News – Page 42
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BusinessTea tree oil faces ban in UK and EU over reprotoxicity
Defenders question relevance of animal safety data that triggered decision
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NewsScience community holds its breath again as consequential US presidential election looms
A lot is riding on the November election for university researchers and science advocates, who overwhelmingly back Kamala Harris
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BusinessUS industry braced for change as election looms
Regulation, trade tariffs and innovation support top lists of concerns
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NewsNobel laureates urge European Commission president to fund science and appoint a research champion
Letter calls on Ursula von der Leyen to nominate ‘a strong supporter of research’ as the next commissioner for research and innovation
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BusinessDacthal herbicide withdrawn in US over risks to foetal development
Sole supplier American Vanguard has cancelled US and international registrations
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NewsChemistry courses, departments face closure in the UK highlighting higher education’s financial woes
Courses are facing the axe at Aston University and the University of Hull, with others struggling
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NewsWidespread signs of paper milling discovered in materials science and engineering papers
Metadata in images of scanning electron microscopes doesn’t match the make and model of the instrument in thousands of papers
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ResearchUnprecedented natural products uncovered in springtails
Highly hetero-substituted benzenes serve as chemical deterrents for species of insect-like creatures
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BusinessArkema settles local claims over US hurricane fire emissions
Peroxides producer will pay $1.1 million and make safety improvements
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ResearchStudy demonstrates how mixtures of isotopologues can store high density information
Encoding process works by varying extent of deuteration in an aminoquinoline carboxylic acid
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NewsGlobal ‘census’ of chemistry on YouTube finds thriving ecosystem of indie producers
Chemistry channels are primarily made up of independents with no affiliation with an institution or organisation but a passion to talk science
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BusinessNicotine analogues emerging in e-cigarettes to evade regulations
Tests show products contain widely variable amounts of compounds with unknown risks
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NewsSearch for UKRI chief executive starts afresh
New UK government has reopened the application process for top job at leading research funder
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NewsUS government scientist union scores latest contract win
Californian scientists have followed academics in unionising and have negotiated better pay and conditions
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ResearchForce-sensitive molecule pulled apart to create highly reactive aryne
High-intensity ultrasound initiates formal retro-[2+2] cycloaddition by stretching a benzocyclobutene core from strategically placed anchor points
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ResearchSupramolecular crystals show promise for hydrogen storage
Porous catenated network is light weight and stores high volumes of hydrogen
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ResearchLow-energy electrons in cosmic ice spring surprise by generating prebiotic molecules
Electrons play a far more significant role than photons in creating molecules that might have kick-started life on Earth
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BusinessLatest effort to crack down on combination drugs launched by Indian government
Several pharmaceutical firms have launched a challenge to the ban in the supreme court
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NewsChemistry body to create multi-language chemistry dictionary to avoid confusion
Dictionary will cover terms such as ‘electrolyte’ and ‘non-metal’
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NewsControversial phosphine findings on Venus corroborated
Unpublished data reveals that phosphine – a potential marker of life – is likely present although could be a result of unknown chemistry