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ViewNSF launches centre to study Black colleges’ STEM successes

National Science Foundation allocates $9 million to replicate success of historically Black colleges and universities

ViewUS news roundup: 21-27 August

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ViewUniversity of Utah paid $457,000 ransom to stop cyberattack

University says it ‘decided to err on the side of caution’ to protect data

ViewCRUK teams up with US agency to tackle big challenges

Initiative will fund cancer research teams with £20m over five years

ViewTeaching may suffer if universities focus on research

Auckland academic finds research emphasis may work against teaching excellence

ViewUS news roundup: 14-20 August

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ViewPublic health tops White House federal R&D spending priorities

Health overtakes economic, security, environmental and space research on administration list

ViewYale hits back at Department of Justice discrimination ruling

Department investigation found Yale’s admissions process discriminates against Asian American and white applicants

ViewEPA ‘sidelined own science advisers’ over protected waters

Broadside at agency from researchers is latest in conflicts over Trump-era rulemaking

ViewNSF under fire over perceived focus on applied R&D

Criticism comes as Congress considers major reorganisation and rebranding of the National Science Foundation

ViewUS news roundup: 7-13 August

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ViewAdvanced nuclear technologies generate energy in Senate

Cross-party support for development and regulation of next-generation nuclear reactors

ViewResearchers campaigning against ‘pandemic bias’ in academia

Campaigners calling for academics least affected by Covid-19 to carry more of the burden

ViewUS news roundup: 31 July to 6 August

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ViewRival Covid-19 relief packages go head-to-head in Congress

Republican package boosts funding for research and higher education but sets up fight with Democrats

ViewEuropean researchers join Nasa mission to find life on Mars

Mars 2020 mission will seek chemical traces of ancient life

ViewUS News Roundup: 24-30 July

The latest research and policy news from the US

ViewUS quantum R&D gets entangled policy and funding pushes

Federal agencies, departments and labs unveil a flurry of quantum centres, strategies and findings

View‘Chinese military’ scientists in US charged with visa crimes

Officials say research visas are being used by Chinese army to infiltrate US

ViewDemocrats seek bipartisan vaccine push amid data battles

Changes to central Covid-19 data collection spark further fears of political interference

ViewUS News Roundup: 17-23 July

The latest research and policy news from the US

ViewHubble Telescope replacement set for launch in October 2021

James Webb Space Telescope has been delayed by Covid-19 and technical problems

ViewEU students reportedly exempt from US travel ban

Exemption follows reversal on status of international students

ViewResearch at risk as court strikes down EU-US data deal

US surveillance scuppers Privacy Shield framework, but one-to-one contracts given all-clear

ViewUS to end Fulbright exchanges with China and Hong Kong

‘Incredibly dumb’ move decried by academics

ViewUS News Roundup: 10-16 July

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ViewSteady research needed for public health crises, US academies say

Current standard of reactive R&D not good enough, says committee convened by disease agency

ViewGerman students object to US deportation plans

American authorities ask international students taking online courses to return home

ViewPlan for common set of metrics for mental health research

Wellcome Trust and National Institute of Mental Health agree core metrics for anxiety and depression

ViewResearch leaders decry US decision to leave WHO

Trump’s move denounced as ‘dangerous and harmful’ for global health