Using single-cell RNA sequencing and genetic screening, the researchers identified key surface proteins that mediate ...

This October, a delegation from AAAS visited South Korea and Japan to participate in a science diplomacy symposium, attend the Science and Technology Society (STS) Forum in Kyoto, and meet with ...

AAAS has launched the Pathways to Policy Fellowship, its third immersive fellowship program, and recently welcomed its first ...

Shutting down the government is no way to unleash U.S. innovation. This act delays setting clear priorities for our nation’s research enterprise and amplifies uncertainty that has enveloped the ...

AAAS has responded to the National Institutes of Health’s request for input on its plan for “Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs,” as released in July 2025. AAAS’ response ...

A federal government shutdown occurs if Congress fails to pass appropriations or a stopgap measure to fund the government by the start of the fiscal year on October 1. When a continuing resolution (CR ...

Humanity has wondered about our place in the universe for millennia. With such an abundance of life forms on our own planet, could it be possible that Earth alone harbors life? Scientists like Susan ...

This month the American Association for the Advancement of Science welcomed the University of Mississippi and The George Washington University as its first two Institutional Members. AAAS ...

The U.S. remains the largest R&D spender but by the smallest margin since the mid-90s. It is 13th in government R&D intensity, fifth in private R&D intensity and 6th in basic science intensity. China ...

Seventeen early-career scientists will translate complex research into compelling stories for the public as 2025 AAAS Mass Media Fellows this summer. Fellows are placed at media outlets across the ...

Science is US, a foundation-supported initiative housed within the American Association for the Advancement of Science, published a new study, Science at Work: The People and Industries Powering ...

Washington, D.C.: The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is delighted to announce the largest transformational gift in AAAS’s history, the Mani L. Bhaumik Breakthrough of the ...