All North America articles – Page 24
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NewsTrump’s cabinet picks worry science community
Selections prompt fears of roll-back on environmental research and mass reorganisations of science agencies
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BusinessTrump names Dow Chief to head US manufacturing council
US president-elect appoints Andrew Liveris, despite lacking appropriate authority
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NewsBig budget boost for US medical research
Cancer, precision medicine and health research receive funding boost in bill derided by some as a giveaway for pharma
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BusinessBoehringer Ingelheim sheds more jobs in the US
Over 240 staff to go as company refocuses on immuno-oncology
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NewsCanada’s triclosan verdict runs counter to US ban
Antibacterial agent can still be used in soaps but a government agency also concluded that it is toxic to aquatic life
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BusinessChemical plant workers’ month-long strike
Momentive Performance Materials has drafted temporary contractors in dispute over benefits
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NewsUS budgets may remain frozen, harming science agencies
Congress might punt funding decisions for 2017 into the new year, worrying the science community
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FeatureWhat it takes to make a new element
Yuri Oganessian tells us how nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson were made
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NewsHealth agency calls for ban on neonicotinoid in Canada
Government body reports imidacloprid poses a threat to marine insects and soil-dwelling organisms
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NewsOvertime pay for US postdocs may not materialise
Federal judge rules against controversial overtime provision law
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NewsHomeopathic ‘medicines’ will have to state they don’t work
US trade agency will require packaging and adverts to state there is no scientific evidence to back up claims of efficacy
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NewsUS universities face continued federal R&D funding fall
Federal support for higher education R&D in America has dropped 13% since fiscal year 2011
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OpinionUncertainty around Trump presidency is harmful to industry
Uncertainty is anathema to industry. Trump and Brexit are frustrations, but the wheels do not stop.
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NewsTrump’s election sparks anxiety among scientists
Research community fears a Trump presidency will harm US science, but the biotech and pharma industry are more upbeat
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OpinionWhy Donald Trump will be a disaster for US science
The best hope for the world is that the president-elect was lying about his policies
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CareersThe cannabis consultant
Ezra Pryor shares how chemists can find a job in the expanding legal cannabis industry in the US
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BusinessUS extends permission for combination pesticide
EPA finds no synergy concerns with Dow’s Enlist Duo and reverses restrictions on its approval
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NewsChemical industry applauds passage of EU–Canada trade deal
Long-awaited Ceta free trade agreement will be good news for the chemical industry in both regions