All articles by Rebecca Trager – Page 4
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ResearchUsing analytical chemistry to illuminate the unlisted ingredients in tattoo inks
Discovery that more than 80% of the tattoo inks sampled had unlisted ingredients prompts New York-based lab to launch a website providing chemical information to tattoo artists and their clients
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Business$6.6 million settlement follows 2019 fire at Texas petrochemical facility
Site owner to pay compensation for environmental damage caused by release of hazardous chemicals during days-long fire
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NewsUS government scientists follow academics in unionising for better conditions
California Association of Professional Scientists joins a national trade union to boost bargaining power
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Business3M finalises PFAS settlement with US water suppliers
Court-approved scheme will see up to $12.5 billion to fund cleanup of public drinking water systems
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ResearchBrewing better Belgian beer with artificial intelligence
Machine learning tool can predict a beer’s taste and quality and which flavour compounds could improve it
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ResearchWhy are there metal particles in never-used cannabis vapes?
Findings cast doubt on past research showing metals are solely released by e-cigarettes when the devices’ coils are heated
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ResearchModel explains why water can freeze at different temperatures
The research could have applications in snowmaking, cloud seeding and beyond
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ResearchMolecular crystal motors completely powered by light
Chemists in Saudi Arabia and the US have created tiny machines made from crystallised molecules that continuously move when exposed to light
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OpinionJani Ingram: ‘We have seen wells with uranium levels higher than the drinking water standard’
The environmental chemist on addressing pollution of Navajo waterways from legacy mining, her life off the reservation and a puke green Datsun
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ResearchCarbon-negative decking could lock up CO2 equivalent to taking 50,000 cars off the road
New material stores more carbon dioxide than is released during its lifecycle and is 18% cheaper
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NewsChrysotile asbestos use and import ban announced in the US
The EPA’s new prohibition should put an end to all present uses of asbestos in the country
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BusinessUS government moves to block Chinese biotechs’ operations
WuXi Apptec and others accused of national security risk, as trade groups back legislation limiting their activities
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NewsRebuilding Ukraine’s science infrastructure will cost at least $1.26 billion
Over 1400 research buildings have sustained damage during the war with Russia
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NewsNobel laureates urge Argentina’s new president to reverse science cuts
68 Nobel laureates, including more than 20 who won the chemistry prize, warn that Javier Milei’s policies will hurt the country
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BusinessUS derailment highlights continuing chemical rail freight concerns
Three-train crash in Pennsylvania leaked diesel and plastic pellets into waterways
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NewsFirst prosecution in the US for trafficking greenhouse gases
San Diego resident faces up to 45 years in prison for allegedly smuggling HFCs illegally from Mexico into the US
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NewsUS science funding hangs in the balance with continuing resolutions
Nearly halfway through the fiscal year a US government shutdown is averted with another short-term CR
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NewsTwo Canadian scientists were fired in 2021 for passing information to China
Details emerge in government documents leading to security being tightened at top level biosafety lab following breach
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NewsEPA’s updated chemical risk management plans rile industry groups
12,000 chemical plants required to draw up emergency plans for extreme weather and share hazard information with local communities
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NewsUS–China science and technology cooperation agreement expires
Amid concerns that China is an unreliable or untrustworthy research partner, the White House allows 45-year-old arrangement to lapse