Italian ryegrass ( Lolium multiflorum ) is a key temperate forage species underpinning livestock production in Europe. Genomic resources remain limited by its large (2.2 Gb), repetitive, and highly he...

The challenge for universities is not adopting artificial intelligence, but doing so in ways that the current generation of students can trust.

Light Quality Differentially Regulates Germination and Dormancy in Kochia (Bassia scoparia) and Common Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album)

Letters from Senate and House of Representatives question purge of the National Science Board

The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

It’s an important milestone in many academic careers, yet the tenure process is surprisingly nebulous. Here’s what it takes to succeed.

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Schools, colleges and other public institutions originally had until this week to make online content accessible to people with disabilities. Now, the Justice Department has delayed that deadline.

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A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.

🌾 Sudan: The Cradle of Sorghum and Striga Science, Resilience in Action🌾 Amidst ongoing conflict and immense challenges, my team (Aisha abdalhady, Shama Abdo, and Manhal Gobara) and I have surveyed o...

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Join us Tuesday, September 9, 12-1 p.m. Eastern time for NSF DEB's next virtual office hour. Program officers will provide insight on how to write a great…

While researchers agree food security is important, they say scrutiny of foreign collaboration could hurt U.S. innovation.

House spending committee has taken similar position on 2026 request

In coevolving species, parasites locally adapt to host populations as hosts locally adapt to resist parasites. Parasites often outpace host local adaptation since they have rapid life cycles, but ho...

Herbicide-resistant weeds result in significant economic losses for U.S. soybean growers, according to the United Soybean Board, which has awarded $500,000 to a multistate research project to develop ...

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Trump’s 57% proposed cut to agency would drop grant success rates to 7% and gut education and training

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Economists find public R&D drives U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself

The economic consequences of cuts to the National Science Foundation and restricting scientific inquiry on this scale could be far-reaching.

Guidelines for the Submission and Selection of Proposals in the Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program Current guidelines as from March, 1st 2025. FAPESP’s Post-Doctoral Fellowship aims to create c...

President Trump has proposed slashing federal scientific funding. Economists say the long-term consequences could be dire.

The repeated evolution of herbicide resistance in agriculture provides an unprecedented opportunity to understand how organisms rapidly respond to strong anthropogenic-driven selection pressure. We r....

Herbicide resistance in agricultural weeds has become one of the greatest challenges for sustainable crop production. The repeated evolution of herbicide resistance provides an excellent opportunity ...