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Genetics is too complicated to rely on overly simplistic social concepts, report warns

Call issued for more training and recruitment incentives to sustain US leadership in CGT field

This week: the ethnic breakdown of NIH mentor grants, a new AAAS president and more

The inaugural director of breakthrough-focused Arpa-H outlines her priorities on the US agency’s first anniversary
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This week: Republican complaints about Nasa, quantum computing help, and a telescope on the moon

Science academies from leading economies call for action on climate, ageing and ocean biodiversity

Proposal would give massive uplift to NSF, but much smaller increase to NIH

Politicians visit US and Latin America to discuss improving student mobility and cooperation in science

The US is spending $52 billion on R&D and incentives to revive its semiconductor industry

Director of Congressional coalition seeks cooperation on climate R&D but says competition is also “vital”

AAAS 2023: National Institute of Standards and Technology director raises concerns over decaying research infrastructure

This week: downsizing at a diversity organisation, inflammatory disease funding and complaints about chips terms

Creation of US group responds to harms caused by misinformation and distrust during Covid-19 pandemic

Latest data show National Institutes of Health spent $33.3 billion on grants in 2022

AAAS 2023: Official wants to “renew vibrancy of basic research” and tackle “barely feasible goals”

The US is struggling to maintain its research workforce as other countries grow their own

AAAS 2023: Funding chief says security measures mean researchers “don’t know where the line is”

This week: a new space science leader, investigating climate impact and building trust in AI

National Academies committee finds US must invest to maintain leadership in fields including nuclear fusion

National Institutes of Health receives about a dozen authorship complaints annually, deputy says

The US might be losing out to China in its scientific influence in key countries

This week: AI ethics, therapeutics production and the search for alien life

Non-governmental organisation included in investigation strongly rebuts Republicans’ assertions

Postdocs and people who work with them are encouraged to provide feedback

Researchers still face struggles against sexual harassment and racial inequality

Dutch company ASML reports “unauthorised misappropriation of data” as MEPs progress EU legislation on microchips

This week: new energy foundation, research integrity chief named and Republicans challenge student loan forgiveness

National Science Foundation providing $60 million to build capacity and infrastructure

Water leaks have damaged equipment and labs, finds study of US standards institute

As NIH leaders report on their pandemic experiences, some say the learning has just begun

This week: US-India ties, Nasa funding for HBCUs and a Darpa ‘food from air’ scheme

Hackers targeted research critical to national security, Republican chairs say

Lessons include need for investment in behavioural research and faster clinical trials

Minority groups are earning more Stem degrees, but parity is a distant dream

This week: White House scientific integrity policy criticised and Congress member alleges congressional oversight “ignored”

Roadmap outlines $2.6 billion in spending to expand access to artificial intelligence research

Black, Hispanic, American Indian and Alaska Native people constitute just a quarter of Stem workforce