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Multiple companies aim to generate power by corraling plasma with twisted magnets

Hockey-loving physicists from around the world lug their stinky gear to play at the American Physical Society’s annual meeting

Reassignment letters come as reductions in force begin at NIH, FDA, and CDC

Research reveals how the key structural protein, inherently unstable at body temperature, forms resilient twists

Follow President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally

Opposition to Trump administration and fears of customs run-ins are shifting travel plans

New systems can identify unknown proteins in samples from diseased tissue, the environment, and archaeological sites

DOGE argues killing grants saves money, but a Science analysis suggests more than $1.4 billion in sunk research costs may produce few results

The reasons aren’t clear—and the agency’s director claims the president’s policies haven’t slowed grant awards

Particles loaded with RNA reverse symptoms of respiratory failure and atherosclerosis in mice

Hunter-gatherers in what today is Turkey may have smelted copper more than 10,000 years ago

Terminated grants include efforts to get students and underrepresented groups involved in science

Follow President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally

NIH takes smaller hit than some other parts of HHS

A mutation that should have cut a protein short instead makes it more sensitive to the stress of exercise

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Urban infernos spew a unique brew of toxic smoke and ash—with unknown effects on the risk of diseases such as cancer

Research advocates hope Michael Kratsios will defend federally funded research against Trump onslaught

Transplants of similar cells grown in a lab protected vision in mice

Susan Monarez, an expert in biosecurity and infectious disease, strikes some as a sensible choice to head the health agency—but some staffers there have raised concerns