Science news articles about 'blue sky research'

... those disciplines most likely to make money, while letting others wither on the vine? Blue skies research will undoubtedly suffer, but is such science a luxury in today's climate? Is it worthwhile ...

... new research into how air pollution changes affect climate change. Using this new database, the researchers show that clear sky visibility over land has decreased globally over the past 30 years, ...

... some worry that the research councils are being pressured to deliver, possibly at the expense of 'blue skies' research. Geoff Brumfiel looks at the changing landscape of science funding in Britain.

Sharp drop in grant numbers hits young scientists and blue skies research

... important step that will accelerate stem cell research in the US. Private and state funding has maintained ... longer term federal funding for blue skies research will undoubtedly give the field a boost ...

Carbon reduction sees a stimulus #20; but blue-skies research may be at risk.

... suggest that the molecular machine itself is at the root of many important brain diseases. This was a blue-skies research project seeking the basic mechanisms of learning and memory and it has led us ...

... new system of allocating £1.76bn in government funds for academic research every year called ... academic freedom by preventing speculative "blue skies" research. It comes as the government exerts extra ...