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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Part of candidate Barack Obama's message of hope was he would unlock the power of science to cure disease, generate clean energy, create new jobs and otherwise put the country on an upward path. In ...

Paul Joskow was in his new job as head of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for only a few months when he came face to face with his first hard grant-making choice. Sloan had connected with the Wikimedia ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

GSK alum Dr. Ellen Horste’s time investigating fundamental biological questions prepared her for a career in the emerging field of gene therapy. Ellen Horste’s job is a little bit like packing for ...

Scientists have always needed someone to help foot the bill for their work. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. In the 19th century, for example, Charles Darwin made an ...