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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 ...

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

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