At first glance, some scientific research can seem, well, impractical. When physicists began exploring the strange, subatomic ...

NSF is one federal agency that funds a wide range of basic science research. Nicole Fuller/National Science Foundation, CC BY Scientists have always needed someone to help foot the bill for their work ...

Basic research is at the foundation of all scientific discoveries, underlying the innovative cures and treatments developed at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. Founded in 1981, the Basic Sciences Division ...

In our era of intense innovation-based global competition, policymakers increasingly look for demonstrable connections between public investment in research and tangible economic and security benefits ...

After the White House called for billions of dollars in funding reductions, senators and representatives are rescinding the ...

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

Assuming his new title, Barnett will work to align the university’s computational strategies and offerings with the needs of its faculty by working in collaboration to develop infrastructures, ...

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 ...

The integration of medical education with the basic sciences represents a transformative approach to training future clinicians. Traditionally compartmentalised, the basic sciences are increasingly ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Bruce J. MacFadden, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) It might seem surprising, ...