All North America articles – Page 13
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Opinion‘I taught my local restaurant how to make noodles’
Organic chemistry maestro Jin-Quan Yu on football, food and cleaving the C–H bond
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NewsAs government shutdown drags on US researchers find themselves caught in the crossfire
As the shutdown enters its second month many scientists have been left struggling to pay the rent or childcare as research projects flounder
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OpinionWhy fracking isn't the answer to the 'peak oil' crisis
Hydraulic fracturing does not mean we can be complacent about fossil fuels
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OpinionA new life in New Jersey
The chemical capital of the US is more than just mobsters and The Boss
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NewsUS chemical safety office finally gets a new director
Senate approves new head for Environmental Protection Agency’s office of chemical safety and pollution prevention after year long wait
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NewsWhite House finally gets a science adviser
Research community welcomes meteorologist as Trump’s new science adviser, after two years without one, but the office he will run is currently closed
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NewsUS government shutdown affects science
Research agencies like the National Science Foundation are shuttered, with no grant reviews, meetings or funding disbursements
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NewsChemistry graduate student gets seven years for poisoning co-worker
Chinese PhD student spiked colleague’s food and water with carcinogen
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NewsWhite House education plan aims to increase diversity in Stem subjects
Strategy to recruiting more underrepresented minorities gets positive reception
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NewsChemistry professor receives respite from US deportation threat
Bangladeshi chemistry professor who has lived in the US for decades won’t have court hearing until April 2022
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NewsWarnings on counterfeit CBD vaping products with toxic contaminants
Cannabidiol vaping liquids and oils in the US found to be contaminated with psychoactive compounds linked to deadly overdoses
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NewsScientists elected to Congress in US mid-terms
Victory for biochemist Sean Casten and several others with Stem backgrounds who have never run for office before
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ResearchBiomarkers reveal ancient history of tobacco smoking in the Pacific Northwest
Stone pipe residues suggest wild tobacco was smoked for centuries before the arrival of Euro-American settlers
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NewsChemistry graduate student admits poisoning co-worker
Victim at Queen’s University in Canada videoed carcinogen being pipetted into a loaf of bread while he was in a group meeting
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CareersSpeaking truth to power
The scientist in charge of providing objective advice to US politics
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OpinionEvidence in the fake news era
Independent scientific advice is about to collide with partisan politics
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ResearchThe luck of the materials scientist
Studying the structure of disordered materials is complicated, but Simon Billinge explains how it opens the door to designer materials with desired properties