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Physicists are skeptical of Microsoft’s claim to have created a "new state of matter" in a topological qubit—a unit of storage that would represent a major advance for quantum computing. @nidhisubs.bsky.social reports for #WSJScience www.wsj.com/science/phys...

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Elon Musk, the South African-born billionaire overseeing President Trump’s massive and haphazard effort to hack down government overspending, is among the largest beneficiaries of federal government support ever. His empire was built on it. www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

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SCOOP @bloomberg.com: Top officials at the US Department of Homeland Security received a memo from Sec. Kristi Noem on Friday ordering an immediate stop to work connected to climate change and the elimination of climate-related terms across the agency. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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"when state health departments need assistance tracing the source of foodborne illnesses, EIS officers are dispatched. They were among the first responders when letters laced with anthrax were mailed to legislators and news outlets around the country in 2001." www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...

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UPDATE: I'm now hearing that the firings at the National Nuclear Security Administration have been "paused." It's unclear what that means for employees who were told either verbally or in writing they were terminated yesterday. Original story: www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...

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NEW: N.I.H. medical research grants are ⚠️ $1 billion dollars ⚠️ behind this point hit last year -- and hundreds of millions behind prior years amid Trump administration chaos. w/ @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/h...

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"NASA’s push towards inclusivity is one of the most visible in the US government." by @alexwitze.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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NIH's proposal to cut the grants it pays for medical research will not just hurt elite coastal universities. Who else has a lot at stake? The states of Missouri and North Carolina. The University of Texas Cancer Center. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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How the Trumps Turned an Election Victory Into a Cash Bonanza - First lady’s documentary deal with Amazon, president’s legal settlements and other transactions near $80 million so far; Trump library a major beneficiary www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

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"NIH funding is fiercely competitive, and with R01 paylines currently in single-digit percentages at some of the largest granting agencies, such as NCI and NIAID, more than 90% of proposals can go unfunded" jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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"Sen. Susan Collins (R., Maine), long viewed as a potential “no” vote, said Kennedy promised to re-examine the Trump administration’s move to cut overhead payments in National Institutes of Health grants. Collins opposes the cuts." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Kennedy Confirmed as Health Secretary Vaccine critic will seek to fight obesity and chronic disease while implementing administration’s cost cuts www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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5 science, health and environmental journalism organizations, @sciencewriting.bsky.social @sciencewriters.org @sejorg.bsky.social @healthjournalism.org @uprootproject.bsky.social, called today for immediate restoration of public data and information on federal websites: casw.org/news/journal...

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is this a metaphor for something or

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Judge last night temporarily blocked NIH indirect cost cuts in the lawsuit from AAMC and teaching hospitals. This applies US-wide www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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A Mass. judge has blocked the NIH cuts to "indirect costs". This applies to the 22 states repped in the suit. Meanwhile two other suits have also been filed by AAU, AAMC, and 13 universities - actions here could potentially apply more broadly www.wsj.com/us-news/judg...

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Alzheimer’s scientist resigns after university finds ‘data integrity concerns’ in papers | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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So the AGs confirmed in their press call as far as this suit

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Another lawsuit challenging NIH cuts of indirect costs, this time from AAMC and groups representing medical centers, hospitals, public health schools

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NEW: 22 state AGs are suing HHS/NIH over the proposed cuts to "indirect costs" Suit says the notice violated the Administrative Procedure Act Asks for a temporary restraining order and prelim. injunction barring NIH from implementing the notice www.mass.gov/doc/ecf-comp...

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NEW: 22 state AGs are suing HHS/NIH over the proposed cuts to "indirect costs" Suit says the notice violated the Administrative Procedure Act Asks for a temporary restraining order and prelim. injunction barring NIH from implementing the notice www.mass.gov/doc/ecf-comp...

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Reposting this ❗

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"The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), the nation’s largest private funder of biomedical research, yesterday killed a $60 million program aimed at making universities’ science, STEM education more inclusive." www.science.org/content/arti... @meredithwadman.bsky.social reports

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White House budget proposal may slash NSF funding from 9 billion to 3 billion a year.

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The White House is working on an executive order that would eliminate thousands of jobs at the FDA, CDC and other federal health agencies www.wsj.com/health/healt... @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social and Betsy McKay report

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The Trump administration is considering a move to repel asylum seekers at the southern border on the basis that they might bring measles or tuberculosis infections with them into the U.S. www.wsj.com/politics/pol... @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social + Michelle Hackman report

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The Trump administration is expected to place more than 100 workers in the EPA's environmental-justice and civil-rights office on administrative leave www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Diversity officers and professors sue to block Trump’s DEI orders wapo.st/4hoYToX

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SCOOP: DOGE aides have gotten access to the Medicare and Medicaid payments system

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just a regular reminder to follow Jason

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The National Science Foundation, a top funder of science and engineering research with a $9 billion portfolio is planning to lay off between a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months, a top NSF official said www.eenews.net/articles/sci...

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Sen. Cassidy's vote "followed an unusually intense pressure campaign from Kennedy, his supporters and the Trump administration over the weekend and up to the committee’s vote." www.wsj.com/politics/pol... by Kristina Peterson and @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social

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Wow, is anyone else getting such responses from journals?

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New: A group representing thousands of US doctors is suing the Trump administration over the sudden removal of public health data from government websites, arguing it creates a “dangerous gap” in information available to track disease and diagnose patients www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Million-year-old air trapped in ice is the oldest continuous record of Earth’s climate history. @nidhisubs.bsky.social reports for #WSJScienceShorts www.wsj.com/science/envi... via @wsj.com

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"Action for grants can include cancelling, archiving or modifying them, with a deadline of 7 February." www.nature.com/articles/d41... details on NSF reviews from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social

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