Rebecca Trager
Chemistry World
Washington, DC, United States
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Past articles by Rebecca:
A safer, coral-friendly sunscreen is on the horizon
Polymeric UV filter doesn't harm algae, coral or mice in tests → Read More
Wood that traps carbon dioxide could make buildings cleaner and greener
Integral metal-organic framework could let wood in construction sequester greenhouse gas → Read More
University of Delaware labs reopen after explosive accidentally synthesised by student
The shock-sensitive material was destroyed in a controlled detonation → Read More
New allotrope of carbon synthesised
'Superatomic' cousin of graphene is made of linked fullerene subunits, and could spawn designer nanomaterials → Read More
Institution of Chemical Engineers gets new chief executive
Yvonne Baker, a chemical engineer who heads Stem Learning, will assume the helm of the IChemE in April → Read More
Europe’s largest, hi-tech life sciences building is planned for UK
With lab space in the UK in short supply, a British property firm and Dutch real estate developer are building a massive vertical campus in London → Read More
Nobel prize medal of partition chromatography’s co-inventor to be auctioned
The family of British chemist Archer Martin will sell his Nobel award in February → Read More
Radium chelator researchers working to improve targeted cancer therapies
Oak Ridge National Lab team investigate factors underpinnning Ra2+ complex stability and selectivity in attempt to expand the therapeutic utility of radium-223 → Read More
Massive strike at University of California over low pay and poor benefits
Research at 10 campuses comes to a standstill as 48,000 academic workers walk off the job over what they deem unfair labour practices → Read More
Simple gold salt test for whisky maturity could be round the corner
Formation of gold nanoparticles could track ageing process of whisky and signal when the spirit is ready for bottling → Read More
Worrisome trend for EU chemical monitoring
Percentage of chemicals non-compliant with Reach in products of 'unknown' origin quadrupled between 2019 and 2021 → Read More
Mallinckrodt ordered to clean up US river mercury pollution
Firm must set at least $187 million in trust to pay for Penobscot river remediation → Read More
Eminent NYU chemist fired after students complain about taxing organic chemistry course
Maitland Jones's sacking highlights tensions between student expectations, academic rigour and teaching styles → Read More
Access to chemical database Reaxys under threat in UK as fees spiral
Universities are holding off renewing access to the database while Jisc negotiates with Elsevier → Read More
Small group of top schools in the US supply most of the nation’s faculty
Approximately 80% of all faculty trained in the US got their PhDs at 20% of the country's universities → Read More
Proposal to name PFAS chemicals as ‘hazardous’ alarms industry
EPA's plan to designate PFOA and PFOS to be hazardous substances could hand chemical companies a clean-up bill for billions of dollars → Read More
Fatal hydrogen sulfide leak at US waste treatment plant
One worker killed and four others injured at US Ecology site in Ohio → Read More
Carbon dots help sniff out nanoplastics in the air
Electronic sensor developed that can detect airborne nanoplastics, including their types, amounts, and sizes → Read More
Rotting fish experiments reveal how organs fossilise
Most fossils are bones, but individual organs' biochemistry determines whether they are preserved in rock → Read More
Explainer: The chemistry that keeps swimming pools clean and safe
How disinfectant chemicals protect us when we're having a dip → Read More