At first glance, some scientific research can seem, well, impractical. When physicists began exploring the strange, subatomic ...

Basic science refers to the branches of natural sciences that seek to understand the underlying principles of the universe. This field encompasses disciplines such as physics, chemistry, and biology, ...

The humble inventions that power our modern world wouldn’t have been possible without decades of support for early-stage research. In December 1947, three physicists at Bell Telephone ...

Bruce J. MacFadden has received funding from the U. S. National Science Foundation. It might seem surprising, but federal research funding isn’t just for scientists. A component of many federal grants ...