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US’s big bet on quantum computing may not be entirely legal
Last week, the US government announced $2 billion in investments in quantum computing companies, allocating $100 million each to a […]
Trump’s next budget once again calls for massive cuts to science
Skip to content Congress rejected huge cuts to science in 2026, but Trump is trying again. Russell Vought, director of […]
Trump’s plan to shut down weather and climate center triggers lawsuit
Suit: The National Center for Atmospheric Research is to be terminated for no rational reason. On Monday, a consortium that […]
Upset at reports that he’d given up, Trump now wants $1B from Harvard
Amid the Trump administration’s attack on universities, Harvard has emerged as a particular target. Early on, the administration put $2.2 […]
Lawsuit over Trump rejecting medical research grants is settled
Skip to content Settlement forces NIH to review grants previously rejected on ideological grounds. On Monday, the ACLU announced that […]
$15 billion in NIH funding frozen, then thawed Tuesday in ongoing power war
A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the funding pause to journalists. US Senator Patty Murray […]
Editorial: Censoring the scientific enterprise, one grant at a time
Recent grant terminations are a symptom of a widespread attack on science. Over the last two weeks, in response to […]
Universities (finally) band together, fight “unprecedented government overreach”
We speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education… We must […]
U.S. Govt. Funding for MITRE’s CVE Ends April 16, Cybersecurity Community on Alert
Apr 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability Management / Incident Response The U.S. government funding for non-profit research giant MITRE to operate and […]