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 ...

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 ...

Kim Young-deok, head of the IBS Underground Experiment Research Group: “Bottom-up large-scale research facilities led by ...

This issue of Yale Medicine Magazine highlights the fundamental nature of basic science research. At Yale School of Medicine (YSM), basic scientists are building foundational knowledge across every ...

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.

The science pros at The King of Random show how solar power experiments can teach the basics of clean energy. Prince William, Kate Middleton make rare outing with all 3 kids at Commonwealth Games ...