All Trump administration articles
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News
Trump-appointed US science agency director resigns
There is major tumult at the NSF, including grant cancellations, and its director has abruptly quit with more than a year left on his six-year term
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‘Exodus will require action’: chemistry laureates warn young researchers will desert US
Trump administration’s targeting of grants, funding and visas creating hostile environment for scientists
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US energy department cap on indirect research costs temporarily halted after universities file lawsuit
Universities sue DOE after agency suddenly caps indirect research costs at 15%
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Fears grow over the future of mRNA vaccine research in the US
Researchers working on mRNA vaccines fear federal funding might be halted, with many looking to move projects abroad
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Opinion
Trump’s tariff stand-off
Piling cost and complexity to stretched global supply chains will hit industries hard
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Business
Trump’s new tariffs threaten the chemicals sector
Broad and high tariffs could mean severe job losses and supply chain disruption for chemistry-using industries
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Opinion
‘Real danger in this moment’ for America’s research enterprise
There are stark warnings for the US amid science agency cuts, terminated research grants and detained graduate students
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Business
US regulatory chief’s resignation raises alarms in biotech industry
FDA vaccines and biologicals centre director, Peter Marks, clashed with health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr
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Science silenced? Leaked EPA plan would dissolve its scientific research arm
Proposal would see 50–75% of employees fired and the rest potentially relocated
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Europe offers refuge to America’s researchers
Schemes seek to attract top scientific talent from the US as Trump cuts research funding, attacks universities
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NIH sparks concern by singling out mRNA vaccine research for added scrutiny
The Department of Health and Human Services denies mRNA research faces defunding but scientists are still worried
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Fears China, Russia are trying to poach fired US government scientists
America’s rivals are trying to capitalise on what they see as a ‘vulnerable’ moment of mass federal layoffs at science agencies
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NIH plan to centralise peer review could mean ‘substantial loss of expertise’
Agency says move will save money and reduce bias, but researchers are concerned about associated staff reductions
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Opinion
Why companies are rushing to flatter Trump
Pharma firms are among many pausing diversity programmes and promising domestic investment
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American Chemical Society diversity programme comes under attack
Lawsuit argues that ACS’ Scholars Program discriminates against white and Asian applicants
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Business
New Trump tariffs worry North American chemical industries
High duties on imports from Canada, Mexico and China raise problems for international supply chains
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Opinion
Speaking up for science is not partisan politics
The case for supporting science is clear cut
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Last time Congress saved science from Trump’s cuts. Don’t bet on it this time
Trump administration has taken charge of the purse strings
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Trump’s former science adviser urges universities to seize moment for regulatory reform
White House is ‘very keen’ on rolling back administrative workload and that could serve researchers well, Kelvin Droegemeier claims
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AAAS leadership speaks out against Trump administration’s attacks on science
President of world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society warns that next month could be most important in history of US science