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Funding for Fundamental Research Is Under Threat

Funding for Fundamental Research Is Under Threat

The US now faces a dilemma over the future of this national achievement and the supporting arrangements making it sustainable. The ‘social contract’ for science and research now looks more tentative than at any time since the Space Race.

U.S. Climate Scientists Flee For France To 'Make Our Planet Great Again'

U.S. Climate Scientists Flee For France To 'Make Our Planet Great Again'

Fourteen climate researchers, including six from U.S. universities, have been selected for French President Emmanuel Macron’s “Make Our Planet Great Again” initiative. The scientists applied to move to France to carry out climate science projects in the country’s top research laboratories.

Addressing STEM Culture and Climate to Increase Diversity in STEM Disciplines

Addressing STEM Culture and Climate to Increase Diversity in STEM Disciplines

While over a third of black, Latino, and Native American students enter college with an interest in studying STEM, only 16 percent go on to obtain bachelor’s degrees in these fields.

Federal Partners Release Interagency Strategic Plan for Microbiome Research

Federal Partners Release Interagency Strategic Plan for Microbiome Research

A group of 23 U.S. government agencies, including the NSF, have joined to produce the Interagency Strategic Plan for Microbiome Research, which outlines the objectives, structure and principles for coordinated research in this important field of study.

US Government Considers Charging for Popular Earth-Observing Data

US Government Considers Charging for Popular Earth-Observing Data

Images from Landsat satellites and agricultural-survey programme are freely available to scientists - but for how long?

E.P.A. Announces a New Rule. One Likely Effect: Less Science in Policymaking

E.P.A. Announces a New Rule. One Likely Effect: Less Science in Policymaking

The agency plans to publish a new regulation Tuesday that would restrict the kinds of scientific studies the agency can use when it develops policies.

An Empirical Study of the per Capita Yield of Science Nobel Prizes: Is the US Era Coming to an End?

An Empirical Study of the per Capita Yield of Science Nobel Prizes: Is the US Era Coming to an End?

For the USA, the entire history of science Noble prizes is described on a per capita basis to an astonishing accuracy by a single large productivity boost decaying at a continuously accelerating rate since its peak in 1972.

Panel Calls for a Postdoc Tax and Other Measures to Help Biomedical Scientists Find Jobs

Panel Calls for a Postdoc Tax and Other Measures to Help Biomedical Scientists Find Jobs

By limiting how long postdocs can be federally funded and by making it more expensive to keep them designated as trainees, research institutions will have an incentive to employ more permanent staff scientists, providing a much-needed additional career option for young scientist.

Empowering Early Career Scientists to Engage in Science Advocacy, Policy and Communication

Empowering Early Career Scientists to Engage in Science Advocacy, Policy and Communication

Preparing early career scientists for a career that connects science and society.

Cancer Researchers Push to Relax Rules for Clinical Trials

Cancer Researchers Push to Relax Rules for Clinical Trials

US government examines whether criteria for participating in drug studies unnecessarily exclude some people.

NIH Rejected Study of Alcohol Advertising While Pursuing Industry Funding

NIH Rejected Study of Alcohol Advertising While Pursuing Industry Funding

"This will NOT happen again," an NIH official promised an alcohol industry lobbyist in an email, referring to a study linking marketing to underage drinking.

The EPA Says It Wants Research Transparency

The EPA Says It Wants Research Transparency

A proposed policy would bar the E.P.A. from considering research that doesn't release its raw data for review, blocking some significant work.

Trump, Congress Approve Largest U.S. Research Spending Increase in a Decade

Trump, Congress Approve Largest U.S. Research Spending Increase in a Decade

President Donald Trump today signed into law a $1.3 trillion spending package that largely rejects deep cuts to research agencies proposed by the White House and, in many cases, provides substantial increases.

Not So Fast. Who Really Leads the World in Science?

Not So Fast. Who Really Leads the World in Science?

China produces the most scientific articles, but lags on other measures. 

A Rollback of DACA Would Undercut American Science, Too

A Rollback of DACA Would Undercut American Science, Too

Without the extension of the program - or a pathway to citizenship - those who know what it’s like to be undocumented say U.S. science could suffer.

NSF Quietly Recalls Senior Officials in Europe, Asia, Citing Staff Shortfalls

NSF Quietly Recalls Senior Officials in Europe, Asia, Citing Staff Shortfalls

Some see National Science Foundation move as latest retreat in US diplomacy under Trump administration – but agency says it will send more science envoys on visits abroad.

NIH funding contributed to 210 approved drugs in recent years, study says

NIH funding contributed to 210 approved drugs in recent years, study says

More than $100 billion in NIH funding went toward research that contributed, either directly or indirectly, to the the drugs, which were approved between 2010 and 2016.

Trump Science Budget Sows Confusion

Trump Science Budget Sows Confusion

US president makes last-minute decision to abandon proposal for major cuts to National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and Department of Energy’s science office.