Thanks Jerome!

Restart of US small-business research grants may be too late for some Since two federal programs, SBIR and STTR, lapsed in October, businesses have canceled projects and lost workers

Restart of US small-business research grants may be too late for some cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

Hello, Bluesky! We, the staff of Scientific American, are pleased to announce we have formed a union with @wgaeast.bsky.social. Just as mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell, we are the powerhouse of the publication, and we’re excited to have a new way to contribute to its success.

Apr 10 Policy Watch: HHS updates criteria for selecting vaccine-committee members A weekly roundup of policy news in the chemical arena and beyond

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Monday renewed the charter for its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the body that makes recommendations about vaccines.

#chemsky 🧪

It is really striking that the word that's come up the most in these last six months of covering science policy is "uncertainty."

I am hearing it over and over and over again.

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It’s here! Today is Local News Day! Today is the day when we can come together and share our support for local news and information with our friends and neighbors. Visit localnewsday.org to find trusted local news where you live, and share with us how you’re celebrating Local News Day! #localnewsday

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Indirect Costs (But Were Afraid to Ask) This is a guest post from Jeremy M.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Indirect Costs (But Were Afraid to Ask)

I have been working on this post for some time.

Lots of data, analysis, and some policy recommendations.

goodscience.substack.com/p/everything...

Questions and comments welcome.

Hi #chemsky! I'm looking for examples of U.S. labs that have closed, moved overseas, or otherwise been lost in the last year.

If this is you or someone you know, please reach out: LDattaro@proton.me or LDattaro.73 on Signal.

We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today.

Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Hi Jerome! I'm writing a story about SBIR and would love to chat. I sent a message on LinkedIn. Thanks!

Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome.

Tax included!!

So good, thank you!

But can we have the emoji? 😎

Public health experts call for stricter glyphosate regulation. Researchers cite ‘compelling evidence’ that glyphosate can cause cancer. by Delger Erdenesanaa. A tractor sprays pesticide across a green field.

A group of 17 leading public health researchers and advocates from the US, Canada, and Europe are calling on regulators around the world to treat the widely used herbicide glyphosate as hazardous and limit or eliminate its use to protect public health: cen.acs.org/food/agricul...

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For more researchers, securing NIH funding becomes a ‘pipe dream’ The National Institutes of Health received a small appropriations bump for fiscal year 2026, but concerns beyond spending levels abound

Researchers looking for NIH funding in 2026 will likely find increased competition and politicization. Some are choosing to find other support instead.

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NIH restrictions on research partnerships with foreign institutions significantly impacted 1 in 4 U.S. scientists In a survey of NIH-funded scientists, 25% said their research had been impacted a great deal or a fair amount by a move away from foreign subawards.

In a survey of NIH-funded scientists, 25% said their research had been impacted a great deal or a fair amount by a move away from foreign subawards. www.statnews.com/2026/03/27/n...

Epidurals: Are labor epidurals really linked to autism? Epidurals are widely used and widely trusted for pain relief during labor. So when a 2020 study reported that they might be linked to autism, it raised a troubling …

Thanks so much to @kristinsainani.bsky.social and @reginanuzzo.bsky.social for having me on Normal Curves to talk about the research on autism and epidurals and why there is almost certainly no link.

Also, epidurals rock.

www.normalcurves.com/epidurals-ar...

Women and early-career researchers hit hardest by NIH grant cancellations While the cuts hit all demographics, younger biomedical researchers may have suffered the most from the Trump administration’s actions, a new study says

A year after NIH began cutting thousands of grants, researchers are starting to figure out who was affected and what was lost. The cuts hit women and early-career researchers particularly hard, according to a new paper.

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Thank you Jenna!

For more researchers, securing NIH funding becomes a ‘pipe dream’ The National Institutes of Health received a small appropriations bump for fiscal year 2026, but concerns beyond spending levels abound

Great run through of where things stand at NIH and in the broader scientific community currently from @ldattaro.bsky.social

cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

For more researchers, securing NIH funding becomes a ‘pipe dream’. by Laura Dattaro. A silhouette of a person looking through a microscope with a red computer screen in the background.

The National Institutes of Health received a small appropriations bump for fiscal year 2026, but concerns beyond spending levels abound. Read more: cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

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For more researchers, securing NIH funding becomes a ‘pipe dream’ The National Institutes of Health received a small appropriations bump for fiscal year 2026, but concerns beyond spending levels abound

Congress gave NIH its money. But there's a lot more to science funding than a budget. I dug into it for @cenmag.bsky.social.

cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

National survey of NIH-funded researchers shows precarious state of U.S. science — ‘This is like the Titanic’ A nationwide STAT survey of NIH-funded researchers reveals that, a year after Donald Trump's return to the White House, many scientists are reeling

A nationwide STAT survey of NIH-funded researchers reveals that, a year after Donald Trump's return to the White House, many scientists are reeling. www.statnews.com/2026/03/19/n...

My attempt to explain-like-I'm-5 the OMB apportionment fiasco - how did I do?

Whoa

Laurels and Darts: ProPublica's payoff. Plus, why we should let Trump go to voicemail. Plus, why we should let Trump go to voicemail, and great work from Charleston’s Post and Courier.

"It was a striking example of something that happens more than the public sees: rigorous investigative reporting often arms lawmakers with facts that help them hold officials to account."

Love this point from @banikarim.bsky.social @columjournreview.bsky.social

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Hey #chemsky and chemsky adjacent academics. I would like to find and download my father's doctoral thesis. It's been forever so I forget how to do it... And free would be great.

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

Not me, but this is a story I really need to read!