The federal government is more likely to fund curiosity-driven basic research, while industry is more likely to support research that has a clearer eventual payoff.

The push to reduce spending on foundational research is shortsighted, Tesla A. Monson and Marianne F. Brasil write.

In the long-established American ecosystem of scientific advancement, fundamental research—not geared toward immediate application—has mostly been conducted at universities with federal funding. The ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital (Duncan NRI) have ...

Combined testing uptake (HCV RDT or HCV RDT/RNA) was higher for the community-based strategy than for the facility-based strategy. The involvement of community health workers improved first contact ...