The National Science Foundation has estimated a 1.1 percent decrease in university research spending for the 2012 fiscal year, the first decline it recorded since 1974, the Baltimore Sun reported Monday. Scott Dance writes that university officials attributed the decline to budget cuts and the government’s withdrawal of the economic stimulus package. Dance reports that […] More

NASA has advanced its Dragonfly lunar lander mission after passing the technical requirements and standards of the preliminary design review. The weeklong assessment covered spacecraft design, mission requirements, science plans, schedule, risk and other related topics, team lead John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory said Friday. The team passed the review, which included over 60 presentations […] More