The federal government is more likely to fund curiosity-driven basic research, while industry is more likely to support ...
For example, the Nobel prize in economic science, awarded this week, underlined the importance of funding basic research.
Some scholars dismiss the distinction between basic and applied science as passé, yet substantive assumptions about this boundary remain obdurate in research policy, popular rhetoric, the sociology ...
The scientific Nobels announced this week — in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry — honored achievements rooted in ...
Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. The number of basic science papers published by recipients of ...
On the following pages, you’ll meet just a few of the UAB scientists whose discoveries hold tremendous potential to transform the treatment landscape for a variety of diseases, from kidney disease to ...
Bruce J. MacFadden has received funding from the U. S. National Science Foundation. It might seem surprising, but federal research funding isn’t just for scientists. A component of many federal grants ...
Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence. Experts see President Trump as borrowing some of their tactics. The 1633 trial of Galileo over his backing of ...
It’s rare for science to get a lot of time on the silver screen. Especially physics. At least that was the case until this summer, with the release of Christopher Nolan’s epic three-hour film delving ...