All articles by Rebecca Trager – Page 29
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NewsEPA settles Gold King mine disaster five years later
Utah state will receive $220 million as part of settlement over 2015 accident that spilled toxic waste into waterways
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BusinessAppeals court cuts damages further in glyphosate cancer case
Judgment retains verdict that Bayer-Monsanto’s herbicide caused US man’s cancer
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Fung Fun Man
An education technology guru in Singapore finds himself inundated with requests for advice and invitations to speak since the pandemic hit
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NewsRussian cyber spies are targeting Covid-19 vaccine research
Intelligence officials warn that Russian hackers are trying to steal intellectual property from UK, US and Canadian organisations working on novel coronavirus vaccines
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NewsCriminal charges for undeclared Chinese research ties mount in the US
Ohio State University immunologist is latest to be swept up in probe into undisclosed foreign funding
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Martyn Coles
In New Zealand, where there are close to zero active cases of Covid-19, labs have reopened with no distancing rules
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NewsUS environmental body ditches ban on grantees on advisory panels
After several legal defeats, the EPA has backed down on controversial policy
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BusinessBayer commits over $10bn to resolve legacy Monsanto lawsuits
Agreement settles about 75% of Roundup-related cases and resolves PCB and dicamba litigation
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Omar Farha
An MOF pioneer has just reopened his lab at Northwestern University after more than two months, with new social distancing precautions
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ReviewTV series: How to Fix a Drug Scandal
Docudrama tells the story of two rogue forensic lab chemists whose separate crimes led to a massive miscarriage of justice in Massachusetts
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OpinionDick Zare: ‘I got into big fights with my science teacher’
The Stanford physical chemist recounts his eventful childhood in Cleveland, and how his first chemistry experiment led to a spanking
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: John Woodland
A medicinal chemist in South Africa sees his research ‘ground to a halt’ and worries about restrictions being lifted as infections are rising
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Fiona Scott
A freshly-minted PhD talks about the challenges of life and job-hunting during a pandemic
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NewsMore support needed at US universities to stop minorities leaving science
University association issues guidance to help improve Stem faculty diversity
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NewsCaution urged as scientists await results of trial that finds steroid cuts Covid-19 deaths
Claims that 60-year-old drug dexamethasone dramatically lowers fatality rate of seriously ill Covid-19 patients await peer review
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Dave Berkowitz
The new director of NSF’s chemistry division has started his job at a very challenging time
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BusinessThe chemical distributors that are making sure supplies get through during a pandemic
US chemical suppliers have seen a ‘substantial boom’ in recent months for products that help fight Covid-19
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NewsHarvard University’s former chemistry head indicted for lying about China ties
Charles Lieber faces up to five years in prison if convicted
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NewsMentorship ‘strongly predicts’ protégé success in the sciences
Researchers whose mentors later win science prizes are two- to four times more likely to go on to have ‘superstar’ careers
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Lourival Possani
A biochemist in Mexico may retire if government funding for research dries up