It might seem surprising, but federal research funding isn't just for scientists. A component of many federal grants that support basic research requires that discoveries be shared with nonscientists.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NSF is one federal agency that funds a wide range of basic science research. Nicole Fuller/National Science Foundation, CC BY ...

At first glance, some scientific research can seem, well, impractical. When physicists began exploring the strange, subatomic world of quantum mechanics a century ago, they weren't trying to build ...

Top official greets scientists doing research from foundational to frontier, with country committed to raising R&D spending by at least 7 per cent a year Senior Chinese official Cai Qi welcomed ...

Proposed OMB grant review changes could shift science funding from peer-reviewed to subject to political whims, impacting drug development and patient care.

The scientific Nobels announced this week — in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry — honored achievements rooted in fundamental research from decades ago. By Katrina Miller Katrina Miller ...

The 2026 International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS) opened in Beijing on Sunday, drawing more than 1,000 participants, including scientists, researchers and young scholars from both China and ...

Biomedical science in the United States is at a crossroads. For 75 years, the federal government has partnered with academic institutions, fueling discoveries that have transformed medicine and saved ...

Since 2009, American eighth graders have taken the National Assessment of Educational Progress Science Assessment to measure “their ability to engage in scientific inquiry and to conduct scientific ...

The 2026 International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS 2026) opened on August 9 in Beijing, bringing together four Fields Medalists — Shing-Tung Yau, Maxim Kontsevich, Martin Hairer and Caucher Birkar ...

Fred Hutch Cancer Center developmental biologist Cecilia Moens, PhD, was recently announced as the recipient of the Raisbeck Endowed Chair for Basic Science. Endowed chairs are one of the highest ...

Earth science is a quest for fundamental knowledge about the origin, evolution, and future of the natural world. Opportunities in this science have been opened up by major improvements in techniques ...