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The University of Rochester has confirmed that it no longer employs Ranga Dias, who was found by investigators to have ...

The US president-elect says he will pull the country out of international treaties and partnerships. That need not lead to ...

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As the country forges global partnerships to boost its space ambitions, concerns mount over funding and private-sector ...

Scientists release first analyses of samples from China’s Chang’e-6 mission, which landed on the lunar far side.

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Scientists have detected resistance to artemisinin, a key malaria drug, for the first time among children in Africa with ...

The world’s largest public funder of biomedical research seems poised for a major overhaul in the next few years.

Noack and his engineers have therefore been turning to robotics and automation to speed up the process of growing ...