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1547 NIH’s Collins steps down: ‘I won’t miss the nasty politics’ Geneticist’s 12-year tenure marked by funding increases, new in ...

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In the second half of 2021, 15 promising scholars at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) presented their latest work in fiv ...

Physics Condensed matter physics, in particular the properties of superconducting materials, is an area of intensive study at Ci ...

Editor-in-Chief Holden Thorp, [email protected] Executive Editor Monica M. Bradford Editors, Research Valda Vinson, Jake S. Yeston ...

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While artificial intelligence (AI) can be a powerful technology for addressing complex grand challenges such as climate change, ...

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strain of the virus—between 20% and 30%, the researchers estimate. That’s much less than the drop in antibody efficacy. “T cells ...

ant has brought a broader debate to a head: how to handle future COVID- waves as we move further down the Greek alphabet of SARS ...

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Q: Diversity is one area where you wish you’d made more progress. But NIH recently ended a policy that some institutes hoped wou ...

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