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The comments were made in relation to the US Department of Defense putting US research funding restrictions on dozens of Chinese universities. 

<p>IN terms of urgent and important problems requiring resolution, Pakistan’s education sector is the real frontier. With some 26 million five- to 16-year-olds out of school, a lack of universal enrolment, high dropout rates, and the poor quality of education provided to most of those lucky enough to be enrolled, could any issue be more important?</p> <p>Pak

A 17-person crew traveled to a remote atoll in the South Pacific to investigate the so-called Taraia Object. After surveying the site, the team announced that the anomaly was not a fragment of the long-lost Lockheed Electra aircraft

A study of more than 4700 patients at a Porirua practice found a quarter had been diagnosed with diabetes or prediabetes.

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The overall aim is to strengthen the linkages and interplay between industry and the research community

Drones could help remove yellow-legged hornet nests from hazardous locations.

A programme to support women scientists in the Arab world has selected two female researchers in the UAE for grants. The L’Oreal-Unesco For Women in Science Middle East Programme has awarded Dr Marieh Al Handawi, of New York University Abu Dhabi , and Jawaher Al Hammadi, of Khalifa University, for its 2026 iteration. They are among half a dozen female resear

U.S. families are struggling to afford childcare as costs rise faster than rent, with nearly 8% of households paying over $2,000 a month on daycare, nanny services and other programs. CBS News MoneyWatch reporter Megan Cerullo has the story.

A new study finds Rosalind Franklin is the only woman named in Key Stage 4 science specifications.

A team of researchers developed AI models that they say can predict a person’s biological age and chances of surviving cancer treatment using a singular photograph of their face.

OS operators throwing out that data is "unlikely," research author tells Ars.

The study says that in over two decades, approximately 16,667 square kilometers burned across 13 reserves, reflecting that some areas burned more than once

White dwarf stars are too far from Earth to be observed directly. So, scientists reconstructed how they'd look to human eyes based on the wavelengths of light they emit and found a colorful array of objects that might appear yellow, purple or pink

Having grown up in an English-speaking family in Montreal, Jeremy Schachter says the question of staying or leaving Quebec was a “very real” dinner-table conversation.

The circumstances of Steven Gruzd’s murder point to possible links to criminals targeting men who have sex with men, following a recent rise in ‘Grindr gang’ incidents.

<p>Police seize doses of hepatitis B vaccine from people at center of dispute over research on African newborns</p><p>Controversial vaccine researchers who have been praised by Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, had their offices in Guinea-Bissau raided by judicial police, who seized doses of hepatitis B vacc

Hysteria over the agent's appearance in a 7,500-person group reveals that internet experts have outdated notions of privacy.

There is a growing backlash against the way AI companies have gone about tackling mathematical problems – and now some mathematicians are opting to avoid AI altogether

<p>Expedition was drawn to Nikumaroro after spotting what was described as a metallic glint in waters off uninhabited island</p><p>A US expedition that voyaged to a remote Pacific island in the hope of solving the mystery of what happened to pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart has said an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/12/amelia-earhart-lo