Last fall, a year after the anthrax attacks sounded a bioterrorism alarm, Anthony S. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, promised that he would strive to ...

The federal government is more likely to fund curiosity-driven basic research, while industry is more likely to support ...

In our era of intense innovation-based global competition, policymakers increasingly look for demonstrable connections between public investment in research and tangible economic and security benefits ...

While translational research can happen at any stage of the research process, a recent investigation of behavioral and social science research awards granted by the NIH between 2008 and 2014 revealed ...

The American Sociologist publishes papers, comments, and other writings on topics of professional and disciplinary concern to sociologists. The contents examine intellectual, practical, and ethical ...

MIT President L. Rafael Reif’s call for more attention to our eroding research infrastructure is welcome (“The Dividends of Funding Basic Science,” op-ed, Dec. 6), but he talks about basic and applied ...

NCBS and ICTS launch CALIBRE to integrate AI in biological research and education, supported by a ₹25 crore donation.

More than 500 basic and applied research projects will begin exploring areas like cloud computing encryption, AI in the ...

In the 1850s, winemakers in France and throughout the rest of Europe were facing a problem that threatened them with economic ruin. One barrel of grape juice would turn into perfectly good wine, while ...