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Researchers from UT Austin and Baylor reviewed past studies to determine if tech use over time contributes to cognitive decline. They found just the opposite.

The report found that 16 universities qualify as Tier 1 institutions, compared to 14 in California and 11 in New York.

The Soybean Innovation Lab based at the University of Illinois has laid off 30 employees and expects to shut down in the spring if funding isn't restored. Lab leaders at other Land Grant universities say they have avoided layoffs, but that could change.

The Trump administration directed federal health officials to pause external communications last week, which prompted the National Institutes of Health to cancel meetings used to determine which research to fund. A UT professor has said if the pause lasts too long, it will be hard to reverse the impact.

A former researcher accused of concealing work he did in China while employed by the University of Kansas was sentenced Wednesday to time served and two years of supervised release.

An evaluation of years of research into whether low serotonin in the brain causes depression has concluded that it doesn’t. What does that mean for the millions of Americans who take antidepressants that increase serotonin?

(This story was updated at 5:15 p.m.) The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced plans Thursday to move headquarters of two large research agencies...

In Manhattan, Kan., the site of National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility is still just a huge hole in the ground nearly a year after the initial…