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China Really Wants to Attract Talented Scientists. Trump Just Helped.
Even before the U.S. threatened to bar international students and besieged universities, China’s huge spending campaign on ...
Software suggests Rubin Observatory will discover millions of solar system objects
A computer simulation predicts that the Rubin Observatory will discover millions of previously undetected objects in the ...
The White House gutted science funding. Now it wants to ‘correct’ research
Thousands of scientists, academics, physicians and researchers have responded to the president’s executive order about ...
Sharp Hike in Nuclear Arms Budget Sought as Science Funding Is Slashed
The Trump administration asked Congress for roughly $11 billion more in annual spending for the federal agency that oversees ...
Mechanical model reveals how prions trigger a domino effect to spread misfolded proteins
Prions, mysterious shape-shifting proteins, can lead to brain disorders such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans and ...
Universities and the government: Which needs the other more?
College-based research labs are the workhorses of national progress and prosperity. Carole LaBonne is the Erastus Otis Haven ...
Letters: Donald Trump’s cuts to research will set the U.S. back
The damage done by these cuts will be irreversible. The U.S. will take a back seat and let countries like China take the ...
The end of the Thirty Meter Telescope? – US Congress to stop giving money
In 2024, the National Science Foundation stated there was only enough money for one giant US telescope. Now the thirty-meter ...
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Casey Varabkanich-Payne awarded prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Another critical support in Varabkanich-Payne’s application journey was Jenna Altherr Flores, Ph.D., director of the ...
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Community members view stalled Thirty Meter Telescope through varied lenses
The National Science Foundation's decision to cut funds for the Thirty Meter Telescope planned for Maunakea on Hawaiʻi Island ...
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A Decade of Innovation: UTSA’s Open Cloud Institute celebrates 10-year legacy
JUNE 4, 2025 — The UTSA Open Cloud Institute (OCI) recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary with over 40 affiliated ...
The Uncertain and Shifting Future of Ph.D.s in Science
Since theNational Science Foundation first started collecting postgraduation data nearly 70 years ago, the number of Ph.D.s awarded in the United States has consistently risen. Last year, more than 45 ...