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National Defense
May 2013
Stew Magnuson |
Mali Crisis Offers Lessons for Special Operations Command A strategic shift to the Asia-Pacific, along with a hope for gradual disengagement in the Middle East and South Asia, will usher in a new era for Special Operations Command as it returns to its roots, which is carrying out foreign internal defense missions.   |
Chemistry World
April 5, 2013
Rebecca Trager |
Controversial pesticides down but not out The US Environmental Protection Agency is being sued by environmental groups and beekeepers over the use of a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids. The European Food Safety Agency also issued a report highlighting several risks posed to bees. |
Chemistry World
April 5, 2013
Helen Carmichael |
Canada investigates silenced scientists Canada's information commissioner, Suzanne Legault, will investigate complaints that the government restricts or prevents its scientists from sharing and discussing their environmental and other research openly with the media and the public. |
Chemistry World
April 4, 2013
Rebecca Trager |
Massachusetts crime lab scandal explodes The arrest of another forensic lab chemist has prosecutors scrambling to check drug cases she worked on. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2013
Peter Fairley |
Residential Solar Power Heads Toward Grid Parity Some rooftop photovoltaics are already cost-effective |
Chemistry World
March 28, 2013
Emma Stoye |
London mayor accused over dust suppressants The European commission is investigating the use of dust suppressants in London following accusations that they were deliberately used around air monitoring sensors to disguise high levels of pollution. |
Chemistry World
March 28, 2013
Emma Stoye |
Ionic liquids win Great British Innovation Vote The potential green applications of ionic liquids as solvents to dissolve almost any chemical saw them triumph over a shortlist of 11 other innovations, including graphene, gene therapy and the Raspberry Pi computer, which came second. |
Chemistry World
March 27, 2013
Jennifer Newton |
Flow electrodes may enable large-scale sea water desalination Scientists from South Korea have modified a water treatment method called capacitive deionization, with the aim of desalinizing sea water on a large scale. Capacitive deionization uses an electric field to remove cations and anions from water flowing past two oppositely placed electrodes. |
Chemistry World
March 26, 2013
Anthony King |
Lead paint still on sale in Africa Paint containing dangerous amounts of lead is on sale in Cameroon, a study has found. Moreover, the subsidiaries of large multinational companies were among those found to be selling this paint. |
Chemistry World
March 21, 2013
Andy Extance |
Court convicts ex-Aptuit researcher over drug data Steven Eaton, a former employee at drug discovery and development firm Aptuit's Riccarton site in Scotland, produced flawed data over six years. |
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