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US Research Funding Under Fire

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Science Can’t Wait: Why Stable Funding Matters for Discovery

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The US Government Shutdown Will Affect More Than Just Research Funding

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Top Reasons Biotech Financing Falls Through—and How to Fix Them

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Frozen Grants, Canceled Futures: The Human Toll of UCLA’s Research Suspension

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NIH’s Priorities Announcement Receives Mixed Responses from Researchers

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American Chemical Society Pledges 2.5 Million Dollars to Help Students Graduate

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SCIMaP Visualizes the True Cost of Science Funding Cuts

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Open Science: An Antidote to Anti-Science     

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

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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Postdoc Portrait: Rohita Roy

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