China's economy relies on innovation. Developing technologies, improving efficiency and creating and implementing new scientific knowledge can invigorate industry and help society. China's recent ...

The International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development, celebrated in 2022, recognizes that basic sciences are vital to attain sustainable development and to improve the quality of life ...

What use is basic science to the developing world? Why would a nation that cannot feed all its people try to send a spacecraft to Mars? Instead, scientific research in poorer nations is expected to ...

The International Congress of Basic Science concluded successfully at the Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications in Huairou Science City, Beijing, on Friday. [Photo provided to ...

Robust basic research is the only way to make China a global scientific and technological power, President Xi Jinping has said, highlighting the need for tech independence at a time of intense ...

Clara Herrera, a Tetrad student in the department of Biochemistry, works in the Engel Lab at UCSF in March 2020. The Tetrad Graduate Program is supported by the Discovery Fellows program. Photo by ...

Basic science discoveries underlie the innovative cures and treatments we develop at Fred Hutch. Our research teams strive to understand the normal molecular functioning of cells as well as the ...

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STANFORD—The British journalist Matt Ridley is usually an insightful commenter on the philosophy and practice of science. But his assessment of the relationship between basic research and ...

Under Secretary for Science Darío Gil said the new fusion and computing offices will focus on fostering industries for ...