Basic science plays a crucial role in China's development, with mathematics of particular importance, as it lays the foundation for science, according to Shing-Tung Yau, a renowned mathematician and ...

While translational research can happen at any stage of the research process, a recent investigation of behavioral and social science research awards granted by the NIH between 2008 and 2014 revealed ...

About 30 years ago, a 20-something scientist was hard at work on an obscure bit of chemistry. It wasn’t clear that the chemistry would ever have any real-world application, but researchers thought ...