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Scientific American

These young scientists are on our radar

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Atul Gawande explains why U.S. leadership in global health matters more than ever

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Allie Balter-Kennedy: Young American Scientist studying ice cores to better foresee climate change

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Timnit Gebru on how to safeguard independent science for the AI age

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Samagya Banskota: Young American Scientist developing new ways to deliver therapeutics

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Alan Lightman on his childhood in science

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Science is under pressure again. Here’s what that means for young researchers

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Nobel-winning biologist Elizabeth Blackburn on why science is all about ‘keeping the long view’

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Jenny Bergner: Young American Scientist recreating cosmic chemistry to understand how planets form

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U.S. scientists are being lured abroad—and they aren't looking back

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Senator Mark Kelly reveals why science is critical to America’s future

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Adam Bowman: Young American Scientist making it easier to see neurons communicate

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Inside U.S. labs at a moment of fear—and unexpected promise

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Colin Carlson: Young American Scientist linking climate change to human health and ecological diversity

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Steven Chavez: Young American Scientist trying to make catalysts work better

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Distrust in science thrives on dangerous stereotypes

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Why U.S. science funding needs reform

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Jieneng Chen: Young American Scientist creating AI tools for better cancer detection

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Kauê M. Costa: Young American Scientist trying to decipher how we learn

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Autonomous labs are running science experiments 24/7

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How we chose the 2026 Young American Scientists

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Dane deQuilettes: Young American Scientist studying ways to improve solar energy

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See how academic freedom is changing around the world

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Chee-Huat Linus Eng: Young American Scientist capturing a cell's genetic activity in real-time

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Science’s rising stars

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Emily Finn: Young American Scientist studying how people interpret the same things differently

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Jaye Gardiner: Young American Scientist studying the environment around cancers

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Trevor GrandPre: Young American Scientist studying self-organizing structures in cells called biomolecular condensates

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Anna Ho: Young American Scientist studying astronomical transients

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Kaiyi Jiang

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JianJun Jin

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Dmitrii Kochkov

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Mikhail Kolmogorov

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Erini Lambrides

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Armita Manafzadeh

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Tixiao Shan

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Alice Stanton

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Christina V. Theodoris

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Xiao Yang

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Amber Young

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Alex L. Zhang

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Lvmin Zhang

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Anthony Fauci

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Michael M. Crow

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Michael E. Mann

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Lucy Jones

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John Allen Paulos

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Edward Witten

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Chris Boshoff

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Aviv Regev

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