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One Trump adviser suggested that NASA no longer should conduct climate research and instead should focus on space exploration.
As Silicon Valley fights for talent, universities struggle to hold on to their stars
NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins said Friday that it would be a "privilege" to remain in that post if asked to stay by President-elect Donald Trump.
Today, the Board on Higher Education and Workforce at the NAS announced the formation of a 16-person committee to work on the Next Generation of Researchers study. This study was commissioned by the U.S. Congress in the fiscal 2016 omnibus appropriations package that passed in December 2015.
Congress is poised to approve a massive piece of legislation that would provide the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with $4.8 billion over the next decade for a set of research initiatives, including brain and cancer research and efforts to develop so-called precision medicine treatments that are tailored to an individual’s genetic makeup.
The Association of American Universities worries that the open-access policies federal research agencies are developing now are not sufficiently aligned. Any slowdown in putting them in place, it says, is "probably a positive."
The winners in Trump's America were likely to be the defence industry, oil and energy, private prisons, and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Not health. What should be the response of the public health community?
Driving progress and building on success at the National Institutes of Health
Nine experts reflect on where researchers should direct their efforts during the next US administration.
Top science and tech talent could choose to set up in other countries that are more hospitable to their work.
Tata Trusts and UC San Diego partner to establish Tata Institute for Active Genetics and Society.
The University of Oregon is launching a new science campus, backed by a $500 million gift from Nike Inc. co-founder Phil Knight and his wife.
There are big advantages to having scientists communicate in a common tongue, but there are drawbacks as well
The U.S. depends on international collaborations and immigrants to solve domestic and global problems.
Every state wants to be home to the next Google or Facebook. But it’s no coincidence that those companies are located in California. The latest data from the National Science Foundation (NSF) show that three of every 10 corporate research dollars are now spent in California.
Federally funded research and development (R&D) is a hallmark of the U.S. economy but, it's under siege. To maximize and make apparent the economic returns from R&D, the next administration should seek to improve the local economic impact of federal R&D.
