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NIH staff ordered to re-evaluate all grants immediately
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‘Deep concern’ over politician’s remarks on animal research
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Spain underscores climate research efforts as wildfires rage
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UK Space Agency to become part of science department
Agency becomes latest quango to be absorbed in effort to reduce bureaucracy across government
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Spain underscores climate research efforts as wildfires rage
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Australia’s tertiary education regulator to get more powers
Teqsa currently has “a sledgehammer and a feather, and not much in-between”, says minister
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Africa hails Mpox fight progress as funding gap looms
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Environmental groups sue over US climate report
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Papers should declare APCs paid, argues university leader
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European research sector reiterates solidarity with Ukraine
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‘Critical changes needed’ to drive interdisciplinary research
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US ‘going to extremes’ to manage foreign research collaborations
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