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The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.

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One-shot’ approach that uses machine learning to screen immune cells could help to detect conditions with overlapping ...

The tech giant aims to make ‘topological’ quantum computers that will reach useful scales faster than competing technologies.

A Nature analysis of retractions hotspots around the world suggests institutions should pay close attention to retractions ...

The US withdrawal will not officially happen until January 2026, so there will be months of uncertainty over budgets and ...

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Drugs that can prevent or relieve migraine attacks are only effective for some people. Research is starting to untangle the ...