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Creating artificial-intelligence tools for cancer detection

The federal funding system for scientific research in the U.S. is crumbling. Here’s how it can be rebuilt

Applying new tools to behavioral tests to discern how we learn

Robots and AI are running experiments around the clock, from battery chemistry to cancer therapies. But can they be trusted to get it right?

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Inventing better materials to improve solar energy

Creating techniques to allow scientists to see biological processes in real time

Some countries have seen a stark decline in academic freedom over the past decade

Studying why people interpret the same thing in different ways

There are bright futures ahead for our first-ever Young American Scientist honorees

Learning how the matrix around cells and tissues impacts cancers

Building models to understand how self-organizing structures in cells lead to disease