"Basic research is the source of the entire scientific system and the master switch for all technical problems. We must ...
Across scientific disciplines, psychology being no exception, a distinction is often made between basic and applied research. Basic research, as this distinction goes, is ivory-tower research, with no ...
As the federal administration has moved to slash public funding for research and education at all levels, and as the government now enters into what could be a prolonged shutdown, many researchers are ...
The 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will go to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discovery that modifying mRNA – a form of genetic material your body uses to produce proteins – ...
Amidst ongoing budget brinkmanship in Washington, House and Senate panels have proposed significant cuts in federal funding for basic scientific research. That would be a grave mistake for our ...
Matt Valle, left, of the C.M. Rick Tomato Genetics Resource Center, plants seeds with greenhouse manager Eric Haddix in a UC Davis greenhouse. (UC Davis photo) While we’re enjoying the last days of ...
A collage of images including people in a lab, Chinese currency, and a person wearing full personal protective gear and holding up a test tube. China is accelerating spending in basic research to push ...