All articles by Rebecca Trager – Page 10
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News
Labs stand empty in Israel while fate of Gazan universities hangs in balance
As war rages in the Middle East, the plight of Gazan scientists is unclear as international students and researchers leave Israel and scientists are called up to fight
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News
New database maps plastic chemical exposure and human health effects
Minderoo Foundation’s Plastic Health Map tracking studies on polymers, bisphenols, PFAS and more from 1961 onwards, finds research gaps
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News
California ban on four food additives could spur wider action across US
New law prohibiting brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben and red dye 3 in food uses is effective January 2027
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Business
Chemours is responsible for PFAS pollution, Dutch court rules
Interim decision holds DuPont spin-off liable for environmental damage caused by historical emissions from Dordrecht plant
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News
NIH to insist foreign partners share lab notebooks and data
US research funder will require collaborators to give copies of lab notebooks, raw data and more by new year
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News
University of California accused of not honouring contracts negotiated following massive strike
Months after postdocs and researchers won better pay and conditions, many of the promised benefits haven’t materialised
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Opinion
Karin Markides: ‘I didn’t follow the rules’
The analytical chemist who runs a preeminent Japanese research institute discusses her childhood in Sweden and how she came to chemistry
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News
Europeans’ BPA exposure still exceeds safety threshold but levels may be starting to fall
Europe’s environment agency finds that BPA levels in the urine of 92% of adults from 11 European nations exceeds safe limit
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News
Publishers settle copyright infringement lawsuit with ResearchGate
Elsevier and the American Chemical Society resolve ongoing claims with an automated check on papers’ copyright status
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Business
Lapsed US chemical security programme leaves facilities vulnerable
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards’ expiry means rules will not be enforced, and companies cannot vet new staff
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News
China considers stripping degrees from academics who misuse AI
Current and former university students in China shown to have used artificial intelligence tools to write dissertations could get degrees revoked
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News
Russia and Belarus uninvited to Nobel prize ceremonies
Backlash prompts Nobel Foundation to backtrack on allowing Russian and Belarusian representatives
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News
UNC Chapel Hill PhD student charged with killing his academic adviser
Applied physical sciences professor Zijie Yan fatally shot on campus
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News
US safety board warns of hurricane threat to chemical facilities
US Federal Energy Reculatory Commission overlooked hurricane threat in guidance governing transmission system planning requirements
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Research
The key compounds responsible for sourdough’s flavour
Researchers in Germany identified 21 tastants and odorants that make sourdough bread so unique
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Research
How human recreation alters river chemistry
Analytical chemists identify cocaine, pharmaceuticals and sunscreen ingredients in a Colorado river
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Research
3D printing turns plant proteins into seafood alternative
New vegan food product claimed to replicate the flavour, texture and nutritional content of calamari
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News
Dispute over formaldehyde toxicity assessment escalates
US scientific academy finds EPA’s review linking formaldehyde to cancer is supported by evidence, chemical industry pushes back with lawsuit
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Research
Space dust has more organic contamination than the average US home
First ever analysis of persistent organic chemicals in the International Space Station’s air could guide future spacecraft design
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News
Scientists hope to illuminate unknown human proteins with new public database
‘Unknome’ database contains thousands of understudied proteins