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.

Father of quantum recognised for 'seminal contributions to large-scale secure quantum communications and scalable quantum computation' Chinese quantum scientist Pan Jianwei has won the United Nations' ...

Since World War II, the federal funding of U.S. basic science has been responsible for about half of all economic growth in America," said Darren Lipomi.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NSF is one federal agency that funds a wide range of basic science research. Nicole Fuller/National Science Foundation, CC BY ...

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 ...

“Our country needs a new consensus on how to support science,” write Eric and Wendy Schmidt.

Biomedical science in the United States is at a crossroads. For 75 years, the federal government has partnered with academic institutions, fueling discoveries that have transformed medicine and saved ...

Earth science is a quest for fundamental knowledge about the origin, evolution, and future of the natural world. Opportunities in this science have been opened up by major improvements in techniques ...

Joint presentation with Taipei Medical University, JY BioMed, and HeXun Biosciences highlighted the power of gamma delta (γδ) T cells in eliminating glioblastoma in preclinical studies. TAIPEI, TAIWAN ...