basic research

The 2020 budget includes a 15 percent increase in public funding for research and development next year, but some scientists want more details on where the money will go.

Emerging data as well as knowledge from the SARS and MERS coronavirus outbreaks yield some clues as to why SARS-CoV-2 affects some people worse than others.

A new analysis finds that black scientists tend to propose projects that have lower rates of funding from the National Institutes of Health than other fields.

The plan would also allow non-EU countries to pay to participate in EU research programs, albeit without wielding “decisional power.”

The agency is also poised to end a 50-year effort to restore endangered whooping crane populations.

The federal budget, expected before the end of March, may substantially raise funding for research.

More than 3,500 scientists had signed an open letter to NIH Director Francis Collins opposing the rules change.

An exploration of the genetics of earlobe attachment is just the latest collaborative research project to come out of the personal genetic testing company.

Overseeing assistant professors tasked with teaching freshmen how to conduct research revealed crucial gaps in STEM doctoral education. 

Can professional organizations and societies parlay the groundswell of support culminating in this weekend’s March for Science into more-effective science advocacy?

An independent review of Canadian science reveals a need for additional funds to investigator-led, basic research.

Joshua Gordon of Columbia University Medical Center will lead the National Institute of Mental Health.

Researchers in the debt-wracked Mediterranean country are celebrating investment in a government agency that will fund research.

A US House of Representatives panel has requested information from several research bodies and abortion providers as part of a sweeping investigation of fetal tissue research.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s administration has proposed a budget that delivers on his promise to support basic science in the country.

The MacArthur Foundation announces this year’s awardees.

The nonprofit institution names a new CEO and president.

This year’s honors go to researchers who mapped human populations, showed spots to cats, and offered children marshmallows to examine the kids’ patience and self-control.