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In an open letter, researchers and staff at the National Institutes of Health raise concerns over recent policy changes.

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Plant Biologist Jane Silverthorne Dies at 69

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Scientists Consider How Overturning Roe Might Affect Research

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Major, Groundbreaking Increase in Hype in Grant Applications

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No More Paywalls on Federally Funded Research: White House

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NSF Grant Funding Is Racially Biased, Study Finds

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ARPA-H to Be Within NIH but Independently Managed by HHS

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UNC Research Chief Admits to Plagiarism, Resigns

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US Senate Passes Bill for Nearly $250 Billion in Science Funding

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White House Assembles Task Force to Sever Politics from Science

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Science Advisor Nominee Faces Tough Questions from Senate Panel

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Opinion: Include Public Outreach Plans in Grant Requirements

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US Lawmakers Propose Doubling of NSF Funding

A Geneticist’s Quest to Understand His Son’s Mysterious Disease

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Scientists Oppose NSF’s New Graduate Fellowship Priority

BARDA Director Departs Post Overseeing COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts

Opinion: Taking the Pulse of Horizon Europe

Italy to Launch National Agency for Research

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Opinion: Taxpayers Should Cover Portion of Patent Costs

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Opinion: Are 71 NCI-Designated Cancer Centers Too Many?

Trump Signs Executive Order Tying Grant Money to Free Speech

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

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The Genes That Shaped Pets and Domesticated Livestock

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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