There is grandeur in the small science emerging from a select group of the world’s laboratories. This small science is about to change how we tackle our most troublesome diseases. Gene therapy.

A transformation is occurring that will have a major impact on how academic science is done and how scientists are trained. That transformation — driven by declining federal funds, as well as by the ...

A new study shows that little teams are more likely to take their research in radically new directions. “Big teams take the current frontier and exploit it,” Evans says. “They wring the towel. They ...

A proposed funding program for small- and medium-scale projects reveals insights into the science, logistical challenges, and future of particle physics research. Particle physicists have a reputation ...

The Science of Team Science is a new interdisciplinary field that empirically examines the processes by which large and small scientific teams, research centers, and institutes organize, communicate, ...

Hard-core pornography and nanotechnology don’t have much in common. But when it comes to defining what nanotechnology is, the late Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart’s words on the former, “I know ...

Fusion research is known for its huge projects -- and its huge lack of tangible success. Big machines like the Princeton tokamak and the Livermore laser have indeed managed to fuse a few nuclei, but ...

From left: HARP team members Vanderlei Martins; Roberto Borda, assistant research scientist with University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET); and ...

The Science of Team Science is a new interdisciplinary field that empirically examines the processes by which large and small scientific teams, research centers, and institutes organize, communicate, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook University scientists are doing big things in the science of the small, and it could change how ...