Basic research advances science, and can also have broader impacts on modern society Published: May 8, 2025 8:40am EDT. Bruce J. MacFadden, University of Florida. Author.

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 ...

A boy tastes the air during a science study tour in Qingdao, Shandong province, on July 25, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] Nearly half of Chinese citizens exhibit basic scientific literacy, providing a ...

Around the world, we are “witnessing an alarming rise in attempts to discredit, politicize or suppress scientific knowledge,” the Vatican says in a new Pontifical Academy of Sciences document ...

The Scientific Board of the International Basic Sciences Programme serves to advise the Director-General. It meets at least once a year to supervise the implementation of IBSP, to study proposals ...

Scientists at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have uncovered a non-invasive method to boost the brain's natural waste drainage system—a discovery that could open new avenues for tackling ...

The Geode has numerous potential applications for future research, especially in computer science and graphics. "This is a dramatic revision of a basic chapter in algebra," Wildberger said. Joanna ...

Since its inception, Brandeis University has placed great emphasis on basic science and its relationship to medicine. With the formation of the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, made ...

The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up, with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget.