All United States of America articles
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NewsOutgoing US National Academy of Sciences head warns of ‘turmoil’ in her final State of Science address
NAS president addresses research funding worries, the need to revamp the promotion and tenure system and how AI can help
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NewsWhat kind of damage has RFK Jr’s health department inflicted on vaccine research in the US so far?
Since becoming health secretary in early 2025, Robert F Kennedy Jr has confirmed the worst fears of his critics
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NewsLatest White House move to politicise science funding provokes outrage among research leaders
US research community mobilising to push back on proposed rule that would give apparatchiks control of which research gets funded
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Business11 presumed dead in US paper mill implosion
Two deaths confirmed, nine missing and nine others injured after chemical tank ruptured
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BusinessUS FDA commissioner Makary resigns amid chaos and questions
Marty Makary’s departure, amid reports that Trump planned to fire him, is the result of an ‘inherited crisis’ and ‘shifting FDA standards’, BIO says
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NewsTrump administration job cuts have led to peer-reviewed publications falling dramatically at EPA
Scientific publications coming out of the US environmental agency fell 19% in the first year after Trump’s re-election and has kept sliding
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NewsPhysical chemist receives 15-year US federal research funding ban
Former tenured university professor found to have fabricated or falsified data in 12 research papers
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NewsFormer NSF leaders and its board urge Senate to restore agency’s governance
Thirteen former heads of National Science Foundation and its advisory body respond to Trump administration’s abrupt dismissal of the agency’s entire board
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NewsArrest of Fauci’s former aide sparks political persecution concerns
Virologist David Morens, who was a long-term NIH adviser, faces up to 51 years in prison
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NewsStringent regulations on dichloromethane are forcing US labs to rethink use of common solvent
As broad ban on DCM is finalised, US labs have either abandoned the chemical or readied themselves for exposure monitoring in November
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NewsTrump administration fires entire board of US’s National Science Foundation without warning
Move leaves the nation’s largest chemistry funder without a board or director
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BusinessFatal incident at US catalyst refiner under investigation
Two dead and 21 injured at silver reclamation facility after chemical mixture released hydrogen sulfide
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NewsBiomedical researchers lose US citizenship over trade secrets theft
Chinese-born couple denaturalised after convictions for attempting to profit from stolen intellectual property relating to exosome isolation
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OpinionUS chemists worried by chilling effects of Trump’s second term
Researchers are concerned about funding cuts and self-censorship
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NewsTrump renews proposals to slash US science agency budgets
White House requests a 55% reduction to the National Science Foundation’s budget, with other agencies facing similar cuts
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NewsWomen and early-career researchers bore the burden of NIH’s funding disruptions
Almost 58% of the studies the US National Institutes of Health suddenly cancelled last year were female-led
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NewsUS researchers are advising students not to enter academia
A survey of NIH-grantees in Massachusetts reveals delayed hiring in labs, layoffs, careers being pursued abroad and research scope reductions
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OpinionWidening impact of conflict in Iran
Deyond hydrocarbons, helium and sulfur – byproducts of petroleum extraction – have also been critically affected by Iran’s blockade of Gulf exports
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NewsTwo US states warned suspension of new tech visas for universities will hurt science
Move by Florida and Texas could be ‘devastating’ for research and other sectors experts warn amid concerns bans could spread
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PodcastAtomic radii & synthetic food dyes
In this episode, we discuss the where the true limits of an atom lie, the US’s plan to eliminate synthetic food dyes, and hear the latest headlines.