In September, the US government announced a one-off US$495-million funding boost for historically Black colleges and ...

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Agency staff members say that the changes are reasonable, but they are worried about the potential effects on review.

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In just the first weeks of Donald Trump’s second presidency, his administration embarked on making radical changes to US science.

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Researchers will study the effects of the policy on young people’s mental health, social interactions and political ...

Perovskites are promising materials for solar cells. A layer of dipolar molecules at the perovskite surface improves the ...

Combining artificial intelligence with a conventional climate model can predict heatwaves faster than the standard model ...

Better ways to measure cognitive exhaustion could point to treatments for long COVID and other debilitating disorders.