Update: U.S. science agencies see gains in final 2019 spending bills
Congress rejects deep cuts proposed by White House
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United States should prepare to build a prototype fusion power plant, panel says
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report calls for a 35% boost in funding for fusion research -
Despite growing budget, U.S. cancer institute slashes operating budget by 5%
Rise in grant applications contributes to financial pressures -
Private research funders court controversy with billions in secretive investments
Critics say offshore investing by high-minded foundations shores up a nefarious system -
Guns kill more U.S. kids than cancer. This emergency physician aims to prevent those firearm deaths
After her own violent childhood, Rebecca Cunningham is directing a landmark NIH project to jump-start research aimed at curbing childhood gun injuries -
One of the world’s most important crop gene storehouses just got a funding boost
The Crop Trust awards rice gene bank long-term funding -
NIH gets $2 billion boost in final 2019 spending bill
For first time in decades, lawmakers finish measure before new fiscal year begins -
Congress sends Trump energy spending bill that includes healthy boost for science
Lawmakers resoundingly reject proposed cuts to basic and applied science programs -
Japan’s science ministry seeks large budget increase, prioritizing massive neutrino detector
Proposed successor to Super-Kamiokande, exascale computer and x-ray satellite win backing -
The Alzheimer’s gamble: NIH tries to turn billions in new funding into treatment for deadly brain disease
Major windfall delivered by Congress is luring researchers from other fields to explore new ideas for stalled fight against Alzheimer’s -
NIH investigating whether U.S. scientists are sharing ideas with foreign governments
Agency reminds researchers to report foreign ties, keep peer reviews confidential -
Hidden conflicts? Pharma payments to FDA advisers after drug approvals spark ethical concerns
Science investigation of journal disclosures and pharmaceutical funding records shows potential influence on physician gatekeepers -
FDA’s revolving door: Companies often hire agency staffers who managed their successful drug reviews
Job changes raise conflict of interest questions -
Senate panel proposes $2 billion, 5.4% increase for NIH
House of Representatives panel has proposed $1.25 billion boost -
Fieldwork in the Arctic is surprisingly costly, limiting the research done there
Funding top-ups for northern research don’t cover true costs -
NIH pulls the plug on controversial alcohol trial
Director Francis Collins acting on report, ends $100 million study of moderate drinking
