A young visitor interacts with a mechanical experiment inside a science museum, demonstrating basic physics concepts such as motion, force, and balance. By pulling and operating the metal device, the ...

For the first time, a team of physicists in Austria has carried out an experiment that appears to verify the principle of ...

Many researchers are surprised and relieved over an unusual step taken by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH): the agency is rolling back the red tape on a host of basic-science experiments ...

Here are 10 fun science experiments you can do at home, using simple household materials. This compilation is packed with easy, beginner-friendly experiments that demonstrate real science in a way ...

The scientific Nobels announced this week — in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry — honored achievements rooted in fundamental research from decades ago. By Katrina Miller Katrina Miller ...

Ryan Summers receives funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He is affiliated with the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE), NARST, ...

Virginia Gewin is a freelance reporter in Portland, Oregon. Amid a backdrop of massive cuts in US federal support for scientific research, a new effort — the Science Foundation — launched last week to ...

What’s the purpose of your study? It’s the question many basic-science researchers dread. And it’s the question that Carly Anne York received about 10 years ago from a fellow volunteer at the Virginia ...

Bruce J. MacFadden has received funding from the U. S. National Science Foundation. It might seem surprising, but federal research funding isn’t just for scientists. A component of many federal grants ...

It's nothing new—politicians complain about silly science projects funded by the government to get taxpayers riled up. I get it. You might think super expensive particle accelerators or even ...

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 ...

STRASBOURG, France, 10 December 2024 – The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP), global leader in pioneering frontier life science research has released its annual Science Digest. The 60-page volume ...