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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

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Who Will Win the 2026 Nobel Prize? Scientists Make Their Predictions

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Vipers’ Self-Defense Mechanism Could Spark a New Antivenom Strategy

Sex-Specific Dioxin Toxicity in a Humanized AHR Model

Sex-Specific Dioxin Toxicity in a Humanized AHR Model

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Federal Research Grant Awards Fall to a Six-Year Low

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Evaluating Blood Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Staging

Evaluating Blood Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Staging

​Beckman Coulter
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Gene Editing Precision Depends on Guide RNA Quality

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Antarctica’s Blood Falls Teems With Mysterious Microbial Life

Miles away from the closest ocean, marine microbes thrive in the red ice and mud around Blood Falls, offering clues to microbial adaptation and past climate events.

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Evaluating Blood Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Staging

Evaluating Blood Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Staging

​Beckman Coulter
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Characterizing LNP Heterogeneity With Super-Resolution Imaging

Characterizing LNP Heterogeneity With Super-Resolution Imaging

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