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Jun 06, 2026
UC Davis received a $5 million Gates Foundation grant to expand self-cloning crops to other staple foods. Congress approved continued NIH and NSF funding, maintaining similar levels to the previous year. Faculty and students emphasized federal funding's role in supporting basic research and training scientists.
Jun 03, 2026
Stanford Medicine Cancer Center is set to launch a first-of-its-kind compact proton therapy system this summer, offering precise tumor targeting with reduced side effects. In Kansas City, a multi-institution collaboration plans to establish one of the nation's first fully integrated theranostics platforms combining research, diagnostics, and targeted radiopharmaceutical treatments for both adults and children.
Mar 14, 2026
Thousands of research positions have been terminated or frozen at federal agencies following deep cuts to U.S. science funding by the Trump administration, affecting work from aging studies to global food security.
Mar 10, 2026
Transposase systems are emerging as efficient alternatives to CRISPR-Cas9 for gene editing in biopharmaceutical manufacturing and plant breeding, with studies showing up to 90% efficiency and heritability rates while offering advantages in size and integration capabilities.
