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 ...

The FY 2027 budget proposes deep cuts to federal R&D, threatening U.S. technological, economic, and national security ...

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 ...

Fifty-six years ago today, on October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I into low-earth orbit, making it the first man-made Earth satellite. America, meanwhile, was launched into a state of ...

Our Faculty is committed to sustained basic research. Without it, we cannot deliver scientific breakthroughs or innovations. Basic research provides the foundation for all scholarly research. It ...

How can we measure the worth of scientific knowledge? Economic analysts give it a shot. Before building any large piece of infrastructure, potential investors or representatives from funding agencies ...

China's basic research spending hit 169.6 billion yuan ($26.84 billion) in 2021, accounting for 6.09 percent of the country's entire research and development expenditure, data from the Ministry of ...