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As the federal administration has moved to slash public funding for research and education at all levels, and as the government now enters into what could be a prolonged shutdown, many researchers are ...

"Basic research is the source of the entire scientific system and the master switch for all technical problems. We must ...

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 ...

Part of candidate Barack Obama's message of hope was he would unlock the power of science to cure disease, generate clean energy, create new jobs and otherwise put the country on an upward path. In ...

President Donald Trump’s budget plan guts federal science funding for the next fiscal year, according to an overview published by an external group. Particularly at risk is the category of basic ...

The radical dismantling of government-funded basic research will accelerate the deterioration of universities’ beneficent implementation of the scientific method — the greatest accomplishment of ...

Scientists have always needed someone to help foot the bill for their work. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. In the 19th century, for example, Charles Darwin made an ...

The Basic Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship Award was established in 2026 to honor and support outstanding postdoctoral trainees, based primarily on their initial postdoctoral work at Fred Hutch.