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The National Institutes of Health is vital to research efforts to improve health, but proposed funding cuts for 2026 threaten the agency’s future.
A mountain representing the number of English-language papers published by English-native speaking male researchers from high-income countries is shown. The different variables that aid people in publishing more papers are represented by ski lifts helping them up the mountain. The figures represent different groups of people with different advantages and disadvantages for publishing a scientific paper in English.

How English-Centric Metrics Distort Global Scientific Productivity

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PhD Data Misuse Sparks Retractions, Ethics Probe, and Lab Fallout

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Sparking Curiosity Through Science Communication

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Impersonation Scandals Shake Academic Publishing

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Postdoc Portrait: Abdullahi Usman

Vector illustration of several cartoon people in business attire leaping over and stranded by several cracks in the ground, illustrating the obstacles faced by early career researchers by recent funding and career development changes at the NIH.

NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers

A picture of Payel Ganguly, a postdoc at Harvard Medical School.

Postdoc Portrait: Payel Ganguly

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Who Will Win the 2025 Nobel Prize? Scientists Make Their Predictions

 A paper protest sign reads “Save Our Scientists”, signifying the crisis that US scientists are facing due to severe federal research funding cuts.

American Chemical Society Pledges 2.5 Million Dollars to Help Students Graduate

Illustration of Matteo Farinella holding a comics book while working on his laptop. He sits at a desk covered with various books and loose papers.

Neurocomics Bring Science to Life Through Visual Storytelling

Illustration showing Ushma Neill talking about student housing in a board meeting (left), updating summer programs and courses (middle), and sharing advice to a mentee (right).

An Accidental Career Path into Academic Administration

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Unearthing Stories from the Data Ecosystem

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Kirsty Wright is searching for evidence in a missing persons investigation. She is wearing a blue shirt and glasses. Behind her is dense vegetation and police procedural tape.

How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

Illustration of a hole in the shape of a dollar sign on a blue background. One character is falling into the hole at the bottom of the “S” while another individual is holding another up at the top of the “S”. The image represents the absence of funding for researchers in biotech with the cancellation of the SBIR/STTR program.

The Federal Government’s Research Innovation Lifeline Has Gone Dark

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Universe 25 Experiment

An illustration of an in vitro fertilized embryo, which researchers recently used to study maternal aneuploidy

Genetic Basis of Aneuploidy, Which Often Causes Pregnancy Loss, Revealed

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Transitioning to 3D Cell Models for Better Insights

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Human-Relevant In Vitro Models Enable Predictive Drug Discovery

Advancing Drug Discovery with Complex Human In Vitro Models

Stemcell Technologies
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January 2026

What Is the Amniotic Fluid Composed of?

The liquid world of fetal development provides a rich source of nutrition and protection tailored to meet the needs of the growing fetus.

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Maximizing Cancer Research Model Systems

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