All articles by Rebecca Trager
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NewsTrump’s latest rule on research grants sidelines scientific merit and adds bureaucracy, academic groups warn
A new White House directive will see political appointees vet federal research funding decisions
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BusinessChemours ordered to immediately limit PFAS emissions into Ohio River
US judge grants injunction to reduce Gen-X discharges from West Virginia plant to permitted levels
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News‘It’s carnage’: Former NIH director decries Trump administration efforts to slash research spending
Elias Zerhouni tells Chemistry World what’s changed from when he was appointed by a Republican president to the current Trump administration
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NewsUS government cancels mRNA vaccine research
Experts fear industrial and academic research may move abroad after infectious disease projects cancelled
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BusinessDuPont and spin-offs settle with New Jersey over PFAS contamination
Proposed deal with the US state includes $875 million in damages, plus clean-up funds
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NewsUS EPA accused of skewing soil testing data after East Palestine disaster
Environmental Protection Agency will review decisions made during emergency response
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NewsNational Science Foundation employees’ dissent declaration aired by House science committee
Letter warns that Trump administration actions represent a ‘systemic dismantling’ of the agency
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NewsSpringer Nature launches new tool to spot awkward, tortured phrases
This latest machine learning tool follows ones created earlier this year to detect AI-generated text and flag duplicate or manipulated images
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NewsEPA will officially dissolve its scientific research arm
Experts warn that closing the Office of Research and Development will hamper efforts to protect the environment and public health
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NewsFederal funding for basic research would fall to levels not seen since 1990s under Trump proposal
Total federal funding for R&D could decrease by more than 20%
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NewsNational Science Foundation employees’ dissent declaration on ‘indefinite hold’
Document’s postponement follows recent suspension of staff at Environmental Protection Agency for releasing similar declaration
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NewsUS charity launches $100 million green chemistry initiative
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to fund seven year project headed by sustainable chemistry pioneer Paul Anastas
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NewsHow do you rebuild your lab after it is hit by an Iranian missile?
Milko van der Boom talks to Chemistry World about dealing with destruction at the Weizmann Institute, saving samples and people coming together
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ResearchNew seaborgium isotope detected at German accelerator
Findings offer ‘exciting hints’ on the impact of shell effects on the fission properties of superheavy nuclei
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NewsMajor Israeli research institute loses around 45 labs to Iranian missile strike
Weizmann Institute of Science researchers estimate that repairs will cost at least £370m
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News‘Deeply concerned’: Are chemistry departments across the US at real risk of closure?
Chemistry chairs warn that they face the same problems afflicting the UK with the Trump administration adding to their woes
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ResearchPortable device detects poisonous pigment in books
St Andrews librarians and physicists partner to create sensor that can detect the spectrum of toxic green colourant
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NewsIupac project to redefine PFAS comes under fire
Experts on this family of synthetic chemicals worry initiative may be used by parties with ‘vested interests’
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NewsChinese researchers charged with smuggling plant pathogen into the US
Fungus described by government as ‘agroterrorism weapon’ was allegedly brought into the US for study at a University of Michigan lab
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BusinessUS plans to close Chemical Safety Board by October
Government says CSB duplicates capabilities in other agencies