The 2026 Golden Goose Awards, an honor spotlighting obscure, often trivial sounding basic research that ultimately yields ...

BEIJING, July 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2025 International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS) officially kicked off on July 13 at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, gathering the ...

At first glance, some scientific research can seem, well, impractical. When physicists began exploring the strange, subatomic world of quantum mechanics a century ago, they weren't trying to build ...

In a memo to federal agencies, the administration highlights defense and security, leaves off Earth and climate science, and limits the scope of basic research. A series of rodent experiments showed ...

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 ...