7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X Illustration: Ibrahim Arafath Access to this article via ICE Institution of Civil Engineers is not available. Change institution Buy or subscribe Under President Donald Trump, the US government is gutting scientific research . The National Institutes of Health has cut almost US$2 billion of grants that were already approved, and the National Science Foundation has terminated more than 1,400 grants . And the president has even bigger plans to eviscerate science. His proposed budget for fiscal year 2026 would cut non-defence-related research and
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