24 July 2026
White House rolls out AI funding — and signals a new era for US science
Chief US science adviser calls for a shake-up in funding while handing out grants to accelerate research with AI.
How Trump 2.0 is reshaping science
Explore Nature’s coverage of the Trump administration and its impact on science globally.
23 July 2026
International PhD students to face strict limits on time in the US
Trump administration takes action to address ‘forever students’.
20 July 2026
Smuggling charges against NIH virologists trigger political uproar
Other researchers say that non-infectious viral samples in luggage posed no risk, but might have violated import rules.
16 July 2026
US politicians push agencies to restrict research collaboration with China
Republicans and Democrats worry about research theft and exploitation — but don’t agree on how to solve the problem.
10 July 2026
NSF plans cuts to core science programmes to fund White House initiative
A proposed clawback of already distributed research funds comes as the US agency struggles with a squeezed budget and a backlog of grant applications.
8 July 2026
Nobel-winning chemist leaves US to direct AI materials lab in China
Omar Yaghi’s move comes amid cuts to US science and a campaign in China to recruit top international talent.
29 June 2026
Trump has big AI and quantum ambitions: this scientist’s job is to make them reality
Darío Gil knows that researchers are sceptical of the massive US artificial-intelligence push — he’s asking them to keep an open mind.
26 June 2026
Inside the new political screening that’s stalling NIH grants
Mandatory reviews by top health officials and checks for 235 disfavoured terms have left hundreds of vetted grant applications in administrative limbo.
25 June 2026
US funding uncertainties threaten to sink key global oceanography projects
The United States has led the world in observing the oceans — but cuts and threats of cuts have researchers worried it is no longer a reliable partner.
3 June 2026
White House proposes vast overhaul of US science funding: what you need to know
The Trump administration’s proposal aims to improve transparency in federal funding, but critics fear the proposed rules would politicize research.