Translational science projects usually start full-steam ahead with the promise of bedside or commercial solutions.

Questioning these seemingly odd experiments, out of context, poses a serious threat to support for curiosity-driven basic science — the very engine that drives transformative discoveries.

Although science and technology are close to each other, they proceed as always from different premises. Such a distinction holds analogously for basic research and applied research.

This Famous Physics Experiment Shows Why the Government Should Support ‘Useless’ Science Basic research often pays huge dividends—but that’s not why we do it. Photograph: Getty Images ...

The 2025 International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS 2025) is heald in Beijing on Sunday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The progress of fundamental science is not only key to ...

Why leave the joy of basic science experiments to children and President Obama? Be the scientist you know yourself to be, regardless of whether you remember the periodic table or not.

Our analysis suggests that the composition of R&D matters for growth. We find that basic scientific research affects more sectors, in more countries and for a longer time than applied research ...