2025 has been a rough year for science and scientists. Cancelled grants, shifting funder priorities, changing regulations, and general uncertainty have not only led to the loss of opportunities for ...
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The modern U.S. research enterprise has some of its roots in World War II, through the U.S. government's Office of Scientific Research and Development or OSRD. Quickly authorized by President Franklin ...
There are several current efforts to require labeling of foods containing products derived from genetically modified crop plants, commonly known as GM crops or GMOs. These efforts are not driven by ...
American Association for the Advancement of Science has awarded the distinction of Fellow to 396 of its members for 2017 in recognition of their contributions to science and technology, scientific ...
In the hunt for a remedy, when the baton is passed from dedicated academic scientists to an innovative company to trusted community advocates, outcomes for society can be especially powerful. Today, ...
A class of obesity-fighting drugs — the first to deliver significant weight loss without many adverse effects — may never have been delivered to patients if not for two problem-solvers. These ...
Inflammation has often been cast as a villain in medicine — and has long been tied to the sensation of pain and to painful diseases like arthritis. However, a new study of patients with low back pain ...
Corvid expert John Marzluff with bird biologist at Yellowstone, Lauren Walker. Image by Andrius Pasukonis. Crows have long been feared by humans. A sign of bad luck to come, an omen of evil or even, ...
Washington, D.C. — The American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the world’s largest general scientific societies and publisher of the Science family of journals, announces the 2024 ...
Foods containing ingredients from genetically modified (GM) crops pose no greater risk than the same foods made from crops modified by conventional plant breeding techniques, the AAAS Board of ...
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, who we named the unit of frequency; a cycle per second is one hertz. (Image: Robert Krewaldt, Public domain because its copyright has expired.) Heinrich Hertz was a brilliant ...