Funding cuts threaten scientific progress, warns UNC biologist Catherine Lohmann. Her research on sea turtles’ magnetic navigation highlights the urgent need for continued investment in science.

New Zealand is home to thriving agricultural and technology sectors and a growing tourism market. As global financial markets ...

More than half of New Zealand’s researchers actively collaborate with European counterparts, making the EU New Zealand’s most ...

Computer scientist Mathias Unberath, a leading expert in AI-assisted medicine, says cuts to research funding imperil the ...

Both are stalled at the US National Science Foundation, an agency facing the prospect of large budget cuts. She can’t do the ...

Research into improving the detection of ovarian cancer is set to get a boost thanks to funding from the Cancer Society.

A major scientific effort is underway to uncover elusive deep-sea species in Australian and New Zealand waters, using cutting ...

The news seemed to signal a shifting tide in the biotech industry, which in recent years has been hit by layoffs and declining venture funding. But multiple life science leaders say it’s not so ...

The Trump administration has set its sights on basic science ... In announcing the new policy, the NIH said that the average indirect grant in recent years was about 27 to 28 percent of direct funding ...

The Trump administration has set its sights on basic science ... In announcing the new policy, the NIH said that the average indirect grant in recent years was about 27 to 28 percent of direct funding ...

And that is just one of several recent moves to control funding for scientific research. Here to explain, I'm joined by NPR science correspondent ... I want to understand this new NIH policy.

Though a researcher’s salary is considered a direct cost, this portion of funding has also experienced disruption due to Trump’s now-rescinded freeze on federal science funding, among other government ...