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Scientists applaud nominee Arati Prabhakar, who is set to replace Eric Lander following his controversial exit from the White House science office.
Applied physicist would bring wealth of policy experience as successor to Eric Lander.
The latest round of attacks on prominent US scientists from public figures and elected officials may require the formation of a new type of organization to ensure our safety and productivity.
Universities see room for reasonable new legal restraints on foreign-funded scientists but fear overreach as final deal comes into shape.
Is the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy off-message?
The Biden administration's first annual list of R&D priorities includes an emphasis on bolstering pandemic preparedness and climate mitigation efforts, strengthening domestic manufacturing, and incorporating equity considerations across federal programs.
The level of public acceptance of evolution in the United States is now solidly above the halfway mark, according to a new study based on a series of national public opinion surveys conducted over the last 35 years.
The Senate is considering Eric S. Lander's nomination after months of delay. Some experts ask if an adviser can actually have an impact.
The crisis could get much worse before the new administration takes power.
The directive could make it easier to fire some agency researchers and hire others for political reasons.
In an unprecedented move, the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday published an editorial written by its editors condemning the Trump administration for its response to the Covid-19 pandemic - and calling for the current leadership in the United States to be voted out of office.
In another candid interview, the NIAID director explains how he tries to counters White House optimism with "reality".
Research ministers have agreed to more aggressively police foreign participation in the EU's research programme, adding a new provision to Horizon Europe that is aimed primarily at preventing China and the US from getting access to sensitive European research.
Five international students and postdocs reflect on a turbulent year triggered by the Trump administration's visa restrictions.
Bully and ignore the experts, and send in the quacks.
The Trump administration this week blocked the Food and Drug Administration from regulating a broad swath of laboratory tests, including for the coronavirus, in a move strongly opposed by the agency. The new policy stunned many health experts and laboratories because of its timing, several months into a pandemic.Some public health experts worry defective tests could end up on the market, but others cheer the change, saying it is long overdue.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill abruptly decided it will no longer hold in-person classes on campus after about 130 students tested positive for COVID-19 in the first week since classes began.
The United States has a chance to make things better before things get much, much worse. But much of the country appears to be squandering the opportunity.
A virus has brought the world's most powerful country to its knees.
Racism is at the heart of the United States' inequality.
Efforts to block research on climate change don't just come from the Trump political appointees on top. Lower managers in government are taking their cues, and running with them.
As marchers in the United States and around the world filled the streets this past week to protest against police brutality and racial injustice, Black scientists grieved openly on social media, calling for action on racism in society and in science.
In an interview, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases expressed optimism on some fronts, and concern on others.
The CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science highlights the importance of leadership in the face of the current social unrest.
Officials are under pressure to restart the economy, but many states are moving too quickly, researchers say. The costs may be measured in lost lives.
The National Association of Science Writers calls on the Trump Administration to allow government experts to speak freely about the outbreak of the coronavirus disease COVID-19.
White House proposes big cuts to NIH, DOE, NASA and other programs
NIH gets 7%, NSF only 2.5%, as Congress ignores Trump's proposed cuts.
