The emergency use authorizations of mRNA vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna and the likely gradual rollout of multiple others is our collective best hope for curtailing the Covid-19 pandemic. The ...

We asked scientists around the globe for their views on the basic research methods, tools and resources needed to fight future emerging pathogenic threats. Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara: The COVID-19 ...

The basic researcher is driven by curiosity and a desire to explore unknown territory. Basic research includes theoretical research and early-stage investigations in the laboratory or field. A ...

Cancer is a complex process, and its progression involves diverse processes in the patient’s body 1. Consequently, the cancer research community generates massive amounts of molecular and phenotypic ...

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 ...

This appendix contains definitions of basic, applied, and fundamental research quoted from various sources. DOD Financial Management Regulation, DOD 7000.14-R, Vol. 2B, Ch. 5: Basic research is ...

As 2026 marks the opening year of the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30), topics such as new quality productive forces, basic research and breakthroughs in key core technologies have become major ...