The number of basic science papers published by NIH grant recipients has been falling since 2013, when the agency’s budget ...

Legislation approved on Thursday by the Senate Committee on Appropriations would preserve nearly all of the NSF’s funding.

The Trump administration's cuts to health research will shorten life expectancy and threaten the lives of all Americans, according to university union leaders and scientists. Lab leaders and ...

The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up, with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget.

Truth is uncovered in many ways—and basic science research is one of the most effective methods of revealing new truths. At the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, a team of researchers are ...

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Basic science is applied science that hasn’t been applied yet. That’s the premise on which the United States, since World War II, has invested heavily in science.

It’s the question many basic-science researchers dread. And it’s the question that Carly Anne York received about 10 years ago from a fellow volunteer at the Virginia Zoo.

This research was supported by the Institute for Basic Science and has been published in the journal Nature. Gong, Y., Luo, D., Choe, M. et al. Growth of diamond in liquid metal at 1 atm pressure.