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Jim O’Neill will need to build ties, say former agency leaders

DOE’s 21-member Office of Science Advisory Committee is well-qualified but lacks disciplinary breadth, observers say

New analysis sheds light on space junk’s small, growing effects on upper atmosphere

White House push to boost nuclear power could lead to more cancer cases, some researchers say

Immune-stimulating cocktail could shield against diverse bacterial and viral infections

Features of recently identified influenza D point to possible pandemic threat

Laser-written patterns on glass could store data for millennia at a time

CDC acting Director Jim O’Neill to be nominated to lead NSF while NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya does double duty at CDC

After ravaging waterways across South America, the fast-spreading species threatens a biodiversity stronghold

Revised dating of enigmatic Yunxian skulls pushes their age back 800,000 years, challenges idea of Denisovan ancestry

Researchers identify a complex that hands mimivirus control of protein synthesis in infected amoebae

Two intellectual property lawyers on why questions of AI inventorship and profit remain wide open

New measurements could help predict pollinators’ ability to withstand climate change

Inoculating soil with pink microbes could help reduce the use of toxic insecticides.

Health department declines to renew Lindsey Criswell, head of arthritis institute, to another 5-year term

Last year’s mass firings of “probationary” federal workers sent researchers’ lives into turmoil

Agency’s attempt to overturn 2009 “endangerment finding” appears headed for Supreme Court

Students seeking graduate research scholarships speculate that biology is being disfavored

New approaches could put talented canines into the hands of more people with disabilities

As preparations for the fifth International Polar Year kick off, organizers grapple with U.S. climate skepticism and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine