All articles by Rebecca Trager – Page 58
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ResearchBoron nitride nanotube composites outperform their carbon cousins
Binding strengths of polymer–boron nitride nanotubes are higher than those reported for carbon nanotubes
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Business
ChemChina buys German machinery maker
Plastics and rubber equipment manufacturer KraussMaffei Group will retain German headquarters after €1bn deal
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NewsGlobal mercury treaty benefits US more than domestic action
Minamata Convention would lower mercury exposure 91% by 2050, compared to 32% for US’s own policies
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Business
Monsanto adds 1000 to job cut tally
Cost reduction plan brings cuts up to 16% of global workforce by the end of 2018
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BusinessDuPont cuts go deep in Delaware
Following its merger with Dow, DuPont will terminate 1700 positions in Delaware, US, as part of a cost-cutting drive
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BusinessShale feeds US methanol boom
US will become a net exporter as new plants come online, with extra production absorbed by growth in China
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NewsUS bans three food packaging chemicals
Food agency prohibits the use of three perfluorinated compounds linked to cancers in food-contact materials
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NewsUS bans microbeads from personal care products
Plastic particles added to cosmetics and some drugs will also be phased out by 2019
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NewsUS research agencies finally get their new budgets
Not all US science agencies are treated equally in the final 2016 appropriations
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NewsAAAS’s controversial chemist nomination withdrawn
Society reverses nomination of UCLA’s Harran as fellow after reviewing committee alerted to Sangji case
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NewsUS chemical safety law poised for reform in early 2016
Bill updating the US Toxic Substances Control Act has finally passed both chambers of Congress
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News
AAAS poised to reconsider Harran’s election to fellow
Review requested for honour for controversial UCLA chemist charged over lab assistant’s death
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Business
Indian chemical factory accident kills four
Fatal explosion at private aluminium powder factory
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Business
Dow ditches older herbicides
Gowan will acquire Dow’s entire dinitroaniline herbicide portfolio
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NewsUS biotech industry attacks delays on renewable fuels
Slow passage of just released renewable fuel standards cost biofuel sector $13.7 billion, biotechnology industry claims
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NewsParis climate summit yields push for clean energy
Several major initiatives were launched by government and industry leaders on the first day of the talks
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Business
EPA acts to halt approval of Dow’s Enlist Duo herbicide
US environmental agency wants registration of controversial herbicide halted, pending review of new toxicity data
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NewsUS agencies test less than 1% of chemicals
Only 250 of the 84,000 chemicals registered for commercial use in the US have been tested by government agencies
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BusinessMerger creates new gases giant
Air Liquide will buy Airgas in a $13 billion deal to become the world’s biggest industrial gases supplier
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Business
Drug firms to share chemical compound libraries
AstraZeneca and Sanofi aim to facilitate drug discovery by swapping 210,000 proprietary chemical compounds