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 ...

As the federal administration has moved to slash public funding for research and education at all levels, and as the government now enters into what could be a prolonged shutdown, many researchers are ...

India's drug discovery suffers from gaps in basic research and local data, hindering innovation in modern medicine.

President Xi Jinping has delivered an important speech in Shanghai at a symposium on strengthening basic research. Xi, also ...