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Decadal Survey Seeks Tenfold Boost for Spaceborne Research Budget
SEP 21, 2023
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DOE Labs Pitching Major AI R&D Initiative to Congress
AUG 11, 2023
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Science Committee Examines US Science and Technology Strategy
MAR 21, 2023
Examples of poor facility conditions at the National Institute of Standards and Technology included in a new National Academies report on the subject. From left, corroded piping, a leaking ceiling, and a dust-ridden lab space.
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Study Sounds Alarm on Decaying NIST Facilities
FEB 17, 2023
Two figures in silhouette during sunset in Antarctica
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NSF Confronts Entrenched Harassment at Antarctic Facilities
OCT 18, 2022
Excavation at the Sanford Underground Research Laboratory, where detectors for the flagship Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment will be installed.
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US Particle Physicists Look to Future at ‘Snowmass’ Meeting
SEP 28, 2022
The White House in summer
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White House Releases Disclosure Template for Grant Applications
SEP 09, 2022
Life congregates around a hydrothermal vent chimney on the floor of the Pacific Ocean.
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2022 Planetary Science Decadal Survey: Astrobiology and Other Emerging Priorities
JUN 07, 2022
A view of Saturn’s moon Enceladus emitting vapor plumes into space, captured by NASA’s Cassini probe in 2009.
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2022 Planetary Science Decadal Survey: Recommendations for Major Missions
APR 21, 2022
Biophysics Decadal Cover of Cell Cross Section
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Decadal Survey Aims to Elevate the ‘Physics of Living Systems’
APR 01, 2022
Interceptor missle launch
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Physicists Argue US ICBM Defenses are Unreliable
MAR 01, 2022
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National Science Board Weighs In on State of US Science
JAN 28, 2022
Neil Jacobs breifing Trump on Dorian
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OSTP Advancing New Scientific Integrity Principles
JAN 20, 2022
Decadal survey chart of timeframes
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Astro2020 Decadal Survey: Priorities for Small and Mid-Scale Projects
DEC 22, 2021
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NOAA Board Charts Weather Research Priorities for Next Decade
DEC 17, 2021
Hubble Telescope Team at Goddard
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Astronomy Decadal Survey Reckons with Demographic Disparities, Societal Impacts
DEC 14, 2021
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Astronomers Elaborate on Options to Reduce Impact of Satellite Megaconstellations
NOV 12, 2021
Giant Magellan Telescope
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Astro2020 Decadal Survey Arrives: Priorities for Major Facilities
NOV 04, 2021
Linac Coherent Light Source
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DOE Panel Finds US Falling Behind in Basic Energy Sciences
AUG 31, 2021
Fluorescence microscopy images
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Academies Panel to Consider Future of Revived DOE Low-Dose Radiation Program
AUG 12, 2021
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo holds a silicon chip wafer with Micron Technology CEO Sanjay Mehrotra at the company’s fabrication facility in Virginia.
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Biden Administration Seeks Tighter Integration of R&D and Industrial Policies
JUN 17, 2021
The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines injected aerosols into the stratosphere.
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Academies Panel Proposes Cautious Geoengineering Research Initiative
APR 02, 2021
A NOAA researcher prepares to launch balloons into the core of a storm.
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Weather Research Priorities Study Spinning Up
MAR 19, 2021
National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Chair and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt speaking at a NSCAI conference in 2019.
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AI Advocates Seek Vast Expansion of New National Initiative
MAR 05, 2021
The long range plan logo, a stylized pink atom, and the text "Powering the Future Fusion & Plasmas: A long-range plan to deliver fusion energy and to advance plasma science"
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DOE Fusion Panel Approves Long-Range Plan
JAN 07, 2021
Oak Ridge National Lab’s High Flux Isotope Reactor during one of its frequent refueling operations.
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DOE Urged to Prepare for Oak Ridge Research Reactor Overhaul
OCT 01, 2020
Bright trails left by SpaceX Starlink satellites are visible in a wide-field image captured by the Cerro Tololo InterAmerican Observatory in Chile.
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Astronomers Suggest Strategies to Reduce Interference from Satellite Megaconstellations
SEP 01, 2020
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Public Health and ‘Industries of the Future’ Top R&D Priorities Update
AUG 21, 2020
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at a campaign event in Detroit, Michigan, in March. Yesterday, Biden officially announced that Harris would be his vice presidential running mate. 
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Biden and Harris Envision Ambitious R&D and Climate Action
AUG 13, 2020
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Kelvin Droegemeier, seated at the head of the table, presided over a meeting of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology held this past February.
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PCAST Delivers Roadmap to Spur ‘Industries of the Future’
AUG 05, 2020
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House Democrats Release Expansive Climate Crisis Action Plan
JUL 09, 2020
Acting NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs briefs President Trump on the projected path of Hurricane Dorian on Aug. 29, 2019.
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NOAA Leaders Clash Over Hurricane Dorian Scandal
JUN 26, 2020
Plasma viewed through a port in the proto-MPEX facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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Plasma Science Decadal Stresses Coordination Gaps and Workforce Instabilities
JUN 12, 2020
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National Science Board Charts 2030 Vision
JUN 04, 2020
The Great Escarpment in Karoo National Park, South Africa, the site of an NSF-funded study on a past mass extinction event that could improve understanding of the potential effects of modern climate shifts.
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NSF Earth Science Decadal Calls for Increased Infrastructure Investment
MAY 27, 2020
A cross section of a plant stem viewed under a microscope.
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‘Physics of Living Systems’ Survey to Delineate New Subfield
MAY 06, 2020
Cover illustration of the new National Academies report on promising practices for increasing the representation of women across STEM fields.
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Women in STEM Panel Calls for More Agency Action
APR 15, 2020
Scientists work inside the hutch housing the Materials in Extreme Conditions instrument at the Linac Coherent Light Source at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
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US Plasma Science Strategic Planning Reaches Pivotal Phase
APR 07, 2020
Proportion of Physics Bachelor's Degrees Awarded to African Americans and Hispanic Americans
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Task Force Urges ‘Systemic Changes’ to Support African American Students in Physics
JAN 23, 2020
US Capitol in fall
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Study Complicates Campaign to Revive Congressional Technology Office
NOV 22, 2019
Eric Lander and Erica Fuchs are chairing a new National Academies study on challenges the U.S. faces in maintaining its global leadership position in science and technology.
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Academies Panel to Delve Into Critical Questions Facing US R&D
NOV 15, 2019
Former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz speaking at an event on the commercial scalability of carbon dioxide removal technologies.
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Moniz Making Case for $11 Billion Carbon Removal Initiative
NOV 14, 2019
Quantum spin liquid graph
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Panel Urges NSF to Elevate Status of Materials Research
OCT 31, 2019
Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) addresses the March for Science satellite event in Albany, New York, in April, 2017.
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Efforts Mounting to Reinforce Scientific Integrity at Federal Agencies
OCT 29, 2019
The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Subaru Telescope
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Private Funder Backs Academies Study to Spur AI-Driven Science
SEP 24, 2019
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National Science Board Aims to Shift Views of Technical Careers
SEP 18, 2019
The future NSF headquarters in Alexandria, Va.
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NSF Physics Funding Mechanisms Reviewed in New Reports
AUG 29, 2019
Flagship telescope concepts
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NASA Astrophysics Chief Makes Case for ‘Flagship’ Telescopes
AUG 15, 2019
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Survey Shows Americans’ Trust in Scientists Growing, Though Political Splits Persist
AUG 08, 2019
A recent GAO report finds that after President Trump’s inauguration the proportion of academics on EPA’s Science Advisory Board decreased from 77% to 50%, while the proportion on EPA’s Board of Scientific Counselors dropped from 65% to 20%. No comparable shift occurred during the early months of the Obama administration. (Image credit – GAO)
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EPA Advisory Panel Changes Split Science Committee
JUL 30, 2019