In recent debates about government funding, certain quirky-sounding research projects — like studying shrimp on treadmills — have grabbed headlines and become easy targets for criticism. Politicians ...

Two Japanese who won Nobel Prizes last year have emphasized the need for long-term support for basic research.

As the federal administration has moved to slash public funding for research and education at all levels, and as the government now enters into what could be a prolonged shutdown, many researchers are ...

If confirmed, Jim O'Neill would be the first non-scientist or non-engineer to lead the agency, which is a big funder of US ...

Trichy: Artificial intelligence (AI) has the capacity to democratise basic research as it enables faster knowledge ...

American Heart Month spotlights heart disease, the leading cause of death among Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Basic science researchers at the Johns Hopkins ...

Identifying vulnerabilities is good for public safety, industry, and the scientists making these models.

The radical dismantling of government-funded basic research will accelerate the deterioration of universities’ beneficent implementation of the scientific method — the greatest accomplishment of ...

A dense network of sensors is looking for the fleeting footprints of neutrinos, the most mysterious in the pantheon of known ...