Last fall, a year after the anthrax attacks sounded a bioterrorism alarm, Anthony S. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, promised that he would strive to ...

Across scientific disciplines, psychology being no exception, a distinction is oftentimes made between basic and applied research. Basic research is ivory tower research, with no practical ...

The debate over the relative value of basic versus applied research has played out in the pages of C&EN for decades. The lead paragraph of a “Research” department story in the Nov. 11, 1957, issue of ...

This article describes the place of the basic/applied science distinction in negotiations over the limits of secrecy between the U.S. “scientific” community and the American government. It combines an ...

While translational research can happen at any stage of the research process, a recent investigation of behavioral and social science research awards granted by the NIH between 2008 and 2014 revealed ...

Applied research Applied research is aimed at gaining knowledge or understanding to determine the means by which a specific, recognized need may be met. In industry, applied research includes ...

"There is no more efficient investment of taxpayer resources than basic science and research and technology. These are the discoveries that drive not only the expansion of our economy, but the ...

While we’re enjoying the last days of summer, many signs of fall are already here: the UC Davis campus buzzing with staff and faculty preparing for the fall quarter, downtown merchants ready to ...