All articles by Rebecca Trager
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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
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NewsNSF chemistry funding faces 75% cut under Trump budget request
If Congress enacts White House proposal, grant success rate at the National Science Foundation is predicted to plummet to 7%
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BusinessCrispr Nobel laureates get another chance to claim ownership in long-running patent dispute
Jennifer Doudna and Emmanualle Charpentier could recoup patent rights to the gene-editing technology, thanks to ruling from US appeal court
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NewsUS government to ‘aggressively revoke’ Chinese students’ visas
Serious concerns raised over plan to cancel the visas of students from China studying in ‘critical fields’
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NewsUniversity of Akron calls off plan to merge chemistry-related programmes
‘Retrenchment’ strategy to combine polymer science with chemical engineering and chemistry is averted, following voluntary layoffs
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ResearchThere is unexpected chemistry going on in lithium deposits
After decades understanding pH controls boron speciation in seawater and other saline waters it turns out the opposite is true with lithium brines
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NewsA year on from the announcement of the dichloromethane ban, US research labs brace for change
Trump administration appears to be backing the Biden rule so universities are moving to comply
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NewsPFAS regulations for US drinking water are being dismantled after just a year
EPA delays enforcement of levels set for PFOA and PFOS, and rescinds them for four other PFAS
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NewsUniversities and academic groups join forces to fend off Trump’s attacks
Legal actions are thwarting White House attempts to pull funding from top research universities and terminate international student visas
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BusinessUS approves natural food dyes while pushing to phase out synthetic colours
Government sets voluntary goal of removing artificial colours by 2027
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NewsUnder legal pressure American Chemical Society ends diversity programme
The society is replacing its 30-year-old Scholars Program for minorities with a larger one that does not consider race
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NewsNational Institutes of Health embargo-free open access policy to start six months earlier
Move takes researchers by surprise
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NewsTrump’s ‘skinny budget’ has plans to cut science and research to the bone
White House budget blueprint would slash funding for NSF and NIH by 55% and 40%, respectively, prompting dire warnings
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NewsHarvard’s former chemistry chair takes new position at Chinese university
Charles Lieber, the nanoscience pioneer convicted for not disclosing his ties to China, has just joined Tsinghua University
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NewsTrump-appointed US science agency director resigns
There is major tumult at the NSF, including grant cancellations, and its director has abruptly quit with more than a year left on his six-year term
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News‘Exodus will require action’: chemistry laureates warn young researchers will desert US
Trump administration’s targeting of grants, funding and visas creating hostile environment for scientists