All articles by Rebecca Trager
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Opinion
Under a cloud
Chemical detective work is needed to track down what’s been killing e-cigarette users
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Business
Leaking filter caused deadly explosion at US plant
Blast that killed one and injured 30 others at a KMCO facility in Texas was caused by hole in pipe component
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News
Head of UK’s overarching research body to step down
Mark Walport, who led the creation of UK Research and Innvoation, will retire in 2020
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Business
Chemical firms urged to plan for no-deal Brexit
European Chemicals Agency highlights hundreds of chemicals whose Reach registrations would be voided
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News
Work on how much saliva a five-year-old makes wins chemistry Ig Nobel
This year’s Ig Nobels reward research on spit, scrotums and cockroaches, among other things
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News
Deaths from vaping-linked lung disease in US connected to vitamin E additive
Tocopheryl acetate implicated in 380 cases of severe lung disease and six deaths
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Research
Water surprise: microdroplets have potential to produce H2O2
US researchers discover that microscopic droplets of water spontaneously generate hydrogen peroxide
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News
Denmark becomes first nation to outlaw fluorinated chemicals in food packaging
Danish government acts on controversial chemicals saying it can no longer wait for the EU
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Opinion
Alán Aspuru-Guzik: 'Science is at a crossroads'
The quantum computing guru reflects on his childhood in Mexico, why he left the US for Canada, and how professors are like vampires
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News
Divided loyalties see Jo Johnson step down as science minister
Scientific and academic community disheartened by resignation of prime minister’s brother once more over handling of Brexit
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Opinion
In science we trust
The questions is how can scientists maintain that faith and keep the fire burning?
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News
Chemical safety database gets American Chemical Society and Iupac backing
Library of hazardous reactions and lab near misses has found partners to develop it and help keep it afloat
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Research
Fats may complicate potency tests on cannabis-infused chocolate
Chocolate appears to suppress the signal for THC, and maybe other cannabinoids
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Research
Smartphone setup could put a stop to norovirus outbreaks
US researchers have created a handheld detection system that is sensitive enough to catch just a few particles of norovirus
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News
China and Japan join ChemRxiv partnership
ChemRxiv is now co-owned by the Chinese and Japanese chemical societies, and their journals will be added to the free preprint server soon
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News
Vanishing polymer delivers devices that decompose on demand
US researchers design a polymer that can dissolve after use, either remotely or automatically
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News
Mistrust in scientific articles exacerbates researchers’ workloads
Survey shows 86% of researchers view at least some research outputs as untrustworthy, and they are taking extra measures to verify them
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News
Mixed reception for German open access deal with Springer Nature
Springer Nature has reached an open access publishing deal with 700 German research universities, but it faces some pushback
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Feature
A persistent perfluorinated problem
PFASs were used in household and industrial products for decades before their harmful health effects and biopersistence came to light. Rebecca Trager investigates a messy situation
