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Agency will make researchers outside United States seek grants of their own rather than “subawards” from U.S. scientists

Key research budgets would shrink by one-third to one-half in 2026 spending plan

Critics say the report, which declines to disclose its authors, contradicts decades of scientific research

Courts have blocked attempts by NIH and DOE to impose a flat 15% rate for reimbursement

Phenomenon behind heavy element creation has been a mystery for 2 decades

Dissolving skeletons would boost oceans’ ability to soak up carbon dioxide

As the second Trump administration sends U.S. science into upheaval, countless researchers are fighting for their futures

Helsinki chemist’s food-themed frolic wins overall honors as other awards recognize physics laser raps, swaying leaf cells, and collective dancing takeovers

Fresh radiocarbon data challenge archaeologists’ assumptions about North America’s Indigenous history

As evidence accrues of complex socially transmitted behaviors in animals, biologists are figuring out how to use these data in conservation

Remains recovered from beneath a Milan hospital shed light on health, diet, and drug habits during the 1600s

The one-of-a-kind initiative offered support from high school to postdoctoral levels

Fights over research spending and pending court rulings loom large

The project could bolster tribal land rights and serve as a model for partnership between scientists and Indigenous communities

Discovery could help crop breeders preserve grain quality and harvest size as climate changes

Spending panel wants his policies reversed—but it may not have sufficient clout to succeed

Ethics experts raise concerns over consent, study design

After just 100 days, agency scientists say U.S. health institutes are demoralized and have lost essential staff and funding

The scientific workforce, biomedical research, and global health initiatives all face widespread, perhaps permanent damage

Trump’s chaotic push to remake federal research will have lasting consequences