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Jayanta Bhattacharya, a man with silver hair and glasses wearing a suit and red tie

NIH Director Orders Review of All Current, Planned Research

The National Institutes of Health’s director ordered employees to “conduct an individualized review of all current and planned research activities,”...
A staff member from the vaccination center at Brill holds a bottle of Moderna's Spikevax vaccine.

Scientists: mRNA Vaccine Research Cuts Undermine U.S. Innovation

Scientists say HHS’s decision to stop investing in mRNA vaccine research is another sign of the growing politicization of research, which will stymie the country’s medical breakthroughs.

Recipe for Science Superpower? ‘Pay Your Taxes With Pride’

Huge dividends from Denmark’s weight loss drug industry are result of high-tax and high-investment economy, says Nobel Prize winner Morten Meldal.

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UCLA Researchers Get NSF Grants Back Thanks to Court Order

The court win by University of California researchers reduces the Trump administration’s leverage as it demands a $1 billion payment to restore other frozen grants.

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Trump Order on Grants Puts Politics Above Peer Review, Researchers Say

The executive order says senior appointees must review grants, and it demands awards be easier to terminate. Research groups say it undermines science.

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The Growing Problem of Scientific Research Fraud

A new study exposes the scale of faulty research published in scientific journals over the past 15 years. If it goes unaddressed, misinformation may soon dominate the literature.

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Trump Wants $1B Payout From UCLA

The Trump administration is ratcheting up pressure on the University of California, Los Angeles, and seeking a $1 billion settlement...
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Trump Puts Political Appointees in Charge of Federal Grant Decisions

President Donald Trump is now requiring grant-making agencies to appoint senior officials who will review new funding opportunity announcements and...