The Chronicle of Higher Education: Industry support for academic research in science and engineering fell for the third straight year in the 2004 fiscal year, according to a new report from the National Science Foundation. The apparent trend marks the first time a sector of academic research support has shown a multiyear decline since the foundation began surveying colleges about their research-and-development expenditures, in 1953.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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