In September, the US government announced a one-off US$495-million funding boost for historically Black colleges and ...

An advisory committee of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) … has drafted a set of strict regulations to control the use of a revolutionary, but possibly hazardous, technique for manipulating ...

A survey of 1,600 academics found that more than 50% have used artificial intelligence tools while peer reviewing manuscripts ...

Agency staff members say that the changes are reasonable, but they are worried about the potential effects on review.

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In just the first weeks of Donald Trump’s second presidency, his administration embarked on making radical changes to US science.

Cellular, animal and computational models of the disease are providing fresh insights into biology and treatment.

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China is leading research in nearly 90% of the crucial technologies that “significantly enhance, or pose risks to, a ...

Perovskites are promising materials for solar cells. A layer of dipolar molecules at the perovskite surface improves the ...

Researchers will study the effects of the policy on young people’s mental health, social interactions and political ...

Better ways to measure cognitive exhaustion could point to treatments for long COVID and other debilitating disorders.