Treatment seems to have been effective, but it is not clear whether such bespoke therapies can be widely applied. Baby KJ Muldoon, who was born with a genetic disease that affected his ability to metabolize proteins, is the first person
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’. Staffers at the US National Science Foundation, one of the biggest funders of basic research in the world, have been told to stop all “funding actions”.Credit:
Unique reproducibility effort in Brazil focuses on common methods rather than a single field ― and prompts call for reform. A replication drive focused on results that lean on three methods commonly used in biomedical research in Brazil. Credit: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty
The new administration is reshaping the research landscape in the United States in profound ways. What do you think of all the changes? The US Capitol Building in Washington DC during a snowstorm.Credit: Tom Brenner/Reuters In the ten weeks since
US researchers who must forage for their own salary by finding grants fear they will be the first to go as federal research dollars disappear. Laboratories run by scientists who rely almost entirely on US grants for their income could
The European physics laboratory CERN is planning to build a mega collider by 2070. Critics say the plan could lead to its ruin. The CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Credit: Piotr Traczyk/CERN On the Swiss–French border, at the
Researchers want firms to be more transparent about the electricity demands of artificial intelligence. Illustration: Ollie Hirst The aroma of hay and manure hangs over Culpeper County, Virginia, where there’s a cow for every three humans. “We’ve got big farms,
Although still under construction, the sea-floor KM3NeT detector spotted a neutrino 20 times more powerful than any previously detected. Engineers prepare to add a KM3NeT module to the network of sea-floor detectors. Credit: Paschal Coyle/CNRS Astrophysicists have observed the most energetic
Quantum mechanics depicts a counter-intuitive reality in which the act of observation influences what is observed — and few can agree on what that means. A fractal image generated using a quantum computer, by artist Wiktor Mazin. Credit: Wiktor Mazin,
Epidemiological studies have linked dirty air to dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine how pollutants do their damage, and how much harm they cause. Research around the world has linked polluted air to increased risks