image: A new study by Dr. Warren Lee of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto has found a steep decline in the number of scholarly papers about basic science published in leading medical journals in the ...

America’s lucrative, long-running investment in basic science and research is under threat, and the consequences could be far ...

We don’t have this down to a science. Americans are ignorant about what’s going on in the scientific world, be it new health studies, climate change news or information on genetically modified foods.

Truth is uncovered in many ways—and basic science research is one of the most effective methods of revealing new truths. At the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, a team of researchers are ...

Support for basic science research is faltering. The decrease in basic research funding is particularly alarming because the overall National Institutes of Health budget has decreased by 20 percent ...

Students in urban schools struggled with relatively basic tasks in a recent test of their science skills, a weakness observers say reflects many teachers’ tenuous knowledge of the subject, as well as ...

A June 25 article on biology textbook controversy in Quakertown spotlights a serious fault in our education system: the lack of basic science education. School Director Linda Martin’s objection to the ...

Quite often, either through emails or in public lectures, I am criticized, along with thousands of other colleagues, for dedicating my time to basic science and not to more immediate problems faced by ...

Climate simulations reveal that Day Zero Drought conditions are approaching rapidly worldwide, putting vast populations at risk of severe water scarcity. A new study in Nature Communications from rese ...

On the following pages, you’ll meet just a few of the UAB scientists whose discoveries hold tremendous potential to transform the treatment landscape for a variety of diseases, from kidney disease to ...

The route from scientific discovery to useful invention is often long, tortuous and extends over a horizon concealing a destination that can’t be seen — or sometimes even imagined. Two new books on ...