Biotech investor set to lead US National Science Foundation
If confirmed, Jim O’Neill would be the first non-scientist or non-engineer to lead the agency, which is a big funder of US basic research.
How Trump 2.0 is reshaping science
Explore Nature’s coverage of the Trump administration and its impact on science globally.
Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
US repeals key ‘endangerment finding’ that climate change is a public threat
Overturning the 2009 decision will lead to billions of extra tonnes of greenhouse-gas emissions over the next three decades.
Trump team’s new rule could make firing government scientists easier
Although the government says the move will depoliticize US science, some researchers say it will do the opposite.
Dozens of researchers will move to France from US following high-profile bid to lure talent
Large proportion worked at Columbia University, which had its grants cut and frozen by the administration of US President Donald Trump.
US applications for prestigious European research grants surge
Rush for funds to relocate laboratories to Europe is latest sign of a US brain drain.
Greenland is important for global research: what’s next for the island’s science?
Geopolitics made Greenland the unexpected focus of the world’s attention. But the territory has long been a unique region for science.
NIH ends support for most human fetal-tissue research – dismaying some scientists
The US biomedical funding agency also hints at future restrictions on research involving human embryonic stem cells.
Exclusive: key NIH review panels due to lose all members by the end of 2026
Thirteen of the agency’s advisory councils, which must review grant applications before funding is awarded, are on track to have no voting members.
US Congress set to reject Trump’s sweeping science budget cuts
Lawmakers have announced legislation that would increase funding for basic research by more than 2%.