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Protein name confusion created antibody mix-up affecting hundreds of papers
Cancer and cell aging studies may have relied on antibodies to incorrect molecule
Satellite maps of sinking coastlines come under scrutiny
Radar studies produce contradictory results, complicating efforts to gauge sea level rise in vulnerable areas
Extinct brown bear had a surprising diet
Unlike their modern counterparts, Atlas bears were strict vegetarians
Does a distant alien world harbor promising signs of life? Most astrobiologists say no
Poll of nearly 500 scientists reveals how rapid surveys can take researchers’ pulse on controversial topics
Democrats on House China committee decry dismissal of National Science Board
Letter also blames Trump for letting China surpass United States in research spending
AI executives join call for stricter regulation of synthetic biology
Letter urges Congress to require DNA firms to screen orders to prevent AI-aided bioweapons
House spending panel proposes slight raise for NIH in 2027
Draft bill rejects Trump’s plan to slash and rejigger the $47 billion biomedical research agency
U.S. health agencies join fight against ‘ultraprocessed foods’—whatever they are
Some scientists criticize label as ambiguous and confusing; others call it a valuable lens on diet
Bees just did something no other insect has been shown to do
Like humans, bumble bees can plan ahead when working through a problem, even pausing to consider the solution
Amid a flood of AI advances, astrophysicists are questioning the soul of their field
Researchers see enormous power in new tools—but also the potential end of astrophysics as a human endeavor
After empty promises, string theory finds new uses
Physicists hope back-to-basics approach could point toward alternative paths to “theory of everything”
NIH scientists plead not guilty to smuggling monkeypox viruses into U.S.
Defendants face prison time for criminal charges but samples may all have been inactivated and used for routine diagnostics
Radical proposal would block solar storms with orbital ‘airbag’
Gases released from satellites could slash the threat of severe space weather
Exclusive: NSF watchdog unit is no longer investigating research misconduct
New policy hands universities the reins in probing allegations against faculty
Brain mapping effort searches for roots of Parkinson’s and other diseases
Allen Institute initiative aims to capture earliest cellular changes and identify new drug targets
Mathematicians issue warning as AI rapidly gains ground
New declaration argues the technology jeopardizes the field’s values and culture
Doubling down on controversial claims, Microsoft accelerates quantum computing plans
Company says its improved topological qubits will lead to a practical machine in 3 years—as critics scoff
How Europe hopes to lure foreign researchers with massive new grants
Maria Leptin, president of the European Research Council, on supergrants, AI-generated submissions, and the agency’s future
Desperate to fight Ebola outbreak, Congo weighs using longshot vaccine options
Existing vaccines may offer some protection against the rare strain now circulating—but the evidence is scant
Court blocks NSF’s transfer of climate lab’s supercomputing facility
Proposed switch in management caused irreparable harm to NCAR, judge finds
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