All United States of America articles
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BusinessUS approves twice yearly injection to prevent HIV
Yeztugo (lenacapavir) provided near-total protection against infection in clinical trials
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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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OpinionWhy I returned the Faraday prize to the Royal Society
Andrea Sella explains how inaction over Elon Musk’s membership motivated him to act
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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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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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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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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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BusinessTrade deals stave off Trump’s tariffs temporarily
Initial agreements with China and UK have paused trade war, but uncertainty reigns
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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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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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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
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NewsUS energy department cap on indirect research costs temporarily halted after universities file lawsuit
Universities sue DOE after agency suddenly caps indirect research costs at 15%
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OpinionWillie May: ‘We need to find and support the “missing millions”’
The analytical chemist on growing up Black in Alabama in the 1950s and 1960s and his journey through NIST, academia and the AAAS presidency
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NewsFears grow over the future of mRNA vaccine research in the US
Researchers working on mRNA vaccines fear federal funding might be halted, with many looking to move projects abroad
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BusinessTrump’s new tariffs threaten the chemicals sector
Broad and high tariffs could mean severe job losses and supply chain disruption for chemistry-using industries
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Opinion‘Real danger in this moment’ for America’s research enterprise
There are stark warnings for the US amid science agency cuts, terminated research grants and detained graduate students
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News‘A battle of the scientific experts’: PFAS research at centre of Texas farms lawsuit contested
Company whose fertiliser was blamed for livestock deaths shares analysis it says proves its product wasn’t to blame