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The US might be losing out to China in its scientific influence in key countries

Postdocs and people who work with them are encouraged to provide feedback

This week: AI ethics, therapeutics production and the search for alien life

Non-governmental organisation included in investigation strongly rebuts Republicans’ assertions
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Researchers still face struggles against sexual harassment and racial inequality

Dutch company ASML reports “unauthorised misappropriation of data” as MEPs progress EU legislation on microchips

This week: new energy foundation, research integrity chief named and Republicans challenge student loan forgiveness

National Science Foundation providing $60 million to build capacity and infrastructure

Water leaks have damaged equipment and labs, finds study of US standards institute

As NIH leaders report on their pandemic experiences, some say the learning has just begun

This week: US-India ties, Nasa funding for HBCUs and a Darpa ‘food from air’ scheme

Hackers targeted research critical to national security, Republican chairs say

Lessons include need for investment in behavioural research and faster clinical trials

Minority groups are earning more Stem degrees, but parity is a distant dream

This week: White House scientific integrity policy criticised and Congress member alleges congressional oversight “ignored”

Roadmap outlines $2.6 billion in spending to expand access to artificial intelligence research

Black, Hispanic, American Indian and Alaska Native people constitute just a quarter of Stem workforce

Authorship records bring sobering evidence to debate over goals and approaches, says Gali Halevi

Two powers sign agreement for researchers to collaborate in using AI to address global challenges

With Republicans pulling levers to limit spending, US research may end up being squeezed

Pilot later this year will involve “an exchange of cyber experts”

This week: a five-year university group plan, an AI clash and liquid-mirror telescopes

Rand recommends Department of Defense boosts awareness of collaboration opportunities and reduce bureaucracy

Current definition of pathogens is “too narrow” and some research could be “overlooked”, group warns

Could universities with Confucius Institutes be funded by the NSF and Department of Defense again?

This week: US-Japan space collaboration, an NSF commercialisation partnership and a humanities boost

Key committees for R&D get new chairs after Republicans gain majority in House of Representatives

Framework says agencies should prevent political interference and have non-restrictive social media policies

Why has the NIH been without a boss since 2021?

This week: novel ideas for space technology, Hillary Clinton joins Columbia University and more

R&D spending as share of GDP flatlined for the first time in years, report estimates

National Academies make recommendations for how Confucius Institute hosts could receive Department of Defense funds

Boosted US science budgets are still short of ambition, say some in the research world

National Science Foundation among agencies to receive bolstered budgets

This week: minority involvement in artificial intelligence, health researcher conduct and agency independence

US colleges and universities spent $89.9 billion on R&D

Major publishing policy change, microchip spending and more—the biggest US research stories of the year