All North America articles – Page 35
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BusinessGSK cuts US jobs in push for savings
Research Triangle Park site bears the brunt as drugmaker consolidates research in Philadelphia and Stevenage, UK
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NewsPhysicist turned politician to head AAAS
Retiring Representative Rush Holt will assume the helm of AAAS in February and wants to see US science funding boosted
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Tufts’ $2.6bn drug development figure questioned
Details sought about how university determined cost of bringing a drug to market jumped 145% since 2003
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NewsUS moves to tighten ozone limits
Industry and Republicans pushback against the EPA’s proposal to strengthen air quality standards
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NewsEleventh hour reprieve for world-class Canadian NMR facility
Last minute deal staves off closure but details have yet to be hammered out
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NewsHard questions after litany of forensic failures at US labs
An apparent upsurge in malpractice at forensics crime labs has prompted calls for tighter oversight and controls
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NewsObama acts to attract non-US scientists and engineers
President takes action to make it easier for scientists and engineers born abroad to work and stay in the US
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NewsUS approves low acrylamide spud
The first genetically modified potato that produces less acrylamide has been granted approval in the US
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NewsFeud opens up over value of some US research
Top science committee Republican in fight with university association over NSF grant review process
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US drug development costs surge
The price of developing new prescription drugs in the US has increased 145% since 2003, Tufts data shows
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NewsUC Davis chemist sentenced to four years over explosion
Postdoc sentenced over attempt to make explosive device and reckless disposal of hazardous waste
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NewsHopes Sino–US climate deal will spur global action in 2015
Historic agreement will see curbs on carbon dioxide and China push to reach peak emissions sooner
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NewsGrad student blamed for research misconduct at Utah
Two papers have been retracted due to image falsification at the University of Utah
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NewsRepublican gains may spur US chemical rules reform
Industry groups suggest new Congress will clear the way for modernisation of 40-year-old legislation
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700 US troops report possible chemical agent exposure
Pentagon reveals hundreds of troops who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan may have been exposed to chemical weapons
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NewsUS states reject GM labelling laws
Oregon and Colorado vote against labelling genetically modified produce, after multimillion dollar campaigns by food companies
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Nuclear chief heads back to academia
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s chairman resigns, saying she has achieved her mission of ‘righting the ship’
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Next milestone in US HCFC phase out
Ozone-depleting refrigerants will be phased out by 2020 under new rules
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NewsUS agency fast-tracks Ebola vaccine development
Health and Human Services invests almost $6 million to ready an Ebola vaccine candidate for clinical trials, meanwhile GSK says its vaccine is progressing at an ‘unprecedented rate’
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NewsFree legal help for embattled US scientists
Pro bono effort to defend government and university scientists from ‘harassment campaigns’ has been launched