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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has tapped 27 biomedical researchers for their scientific excellence.
Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) is writing legislation to change the rules of the NSF’s grant review process.
Researchers in the Amazon are measuring how much carbon dioxide fertilizes the rainforest.
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