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Independence Day dawns for researchers getting to grips with Supreme Court's abortion ruling

Cost overruns and delays reach worst levels in more than a decade of analysis

Economic powers to “step up, align and track” preparedness efforts

American Association of University Professors says survey reveals ‘appalling’ pay for part-time faculty
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This week: $8 billion for hydrogen innovation, patient safety and social sciences leadership

Budget battle commences again in Congress

This week: draft agency budgets published, NSF funding compromise proposed and call for animal-research support

Licensing “contributed up to $1.9 trillion to US economy” over past 25 years

Former Darpa chief would be first woman and person of colour to lead OSTP

Senate push could discourage beneficial international collaboration, Association of American Universities warns

President Biden’s big international talk on tackling climate change contrasts with stagnating domestic progress

This week: support for quantum tech, recruiting artificial intelligence researchers and a scathing Nasa review

Agreement will include research collaboration and aims to reduce duplication of effort

White House publishes guidance on cutting ties for government and affiliated organisations

Agencies sign agreements on Earth system science and lunar telecommunications

Plan to coordinate efforts comes as G7 science ministers confirm “unwavering support”

Time to get ready for data privacy laws and what they might mean for research

This week: a record-breaking supercomputer, trustworthy artificial intelligence, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory priorities

Science, health and engineering PhDs outperforming general population, data show

Twenty-five states each received less than 0.75 per cent of five-year National Science Foundation funding

Historic underfunding of research on gun violence needs to change

This week: access to federally funded research data, US-China links and $1.5 billion for diversity

Group sets up Impetus Institute in effort to influence federal R&D investment

Draft plan foresees National AI Research Resource acting as a federated collection of infrastructure

It is past time to make the research world more conductive to good mental health

Agency “committed” responses will feed into future funding practices and policies

This week: support for Ukraine, 1 million US Covid deaths, and a space-exploration strategy

Changes in recent decades include more flexibility for parents and greater consideration of diversity

Report by National Academies recommends more actions that the space agency could take

There’s a new buzzword on the lips of DC’s research policy people: quantum computing

This week: energy department science chief appointed, autoimmune research backed and wildfire preparations

Report from American Association for the Advancement of Science underscores fast rise of Chinese R&D

Senators and representatives will attempt to reconcile bitterly divergent views

Who should oversee research’s role in the AI revolution?

Partnership to launch “cheaper, quicker and more streamlined” space flight operations in both countries

This week: energy research leadership, defence research capacity and the end of a space mission

Request from president Biden is intended to bolster US research while undermining Russia