At first glance, some scientific research can seem, well, impractical. When physicists began exploring the strange, subatomic ...

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 ...

Basic science refers to the branches of natural sciences that seek to understand the underlying principles of the universe. This field encompasses disciplines such as physics, chemistry, and biology, ...